Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Rathphaudin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathphaudin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.46190, -6.77015
- SMR number
- WX024-039----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located at the bottom of an E-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 80m to the E. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims. 32m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by low scarps (H 0.2-0.5m) on every side, with the moat surviving as a field drain (Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 1m) at W. (Barry 1977, 226, WX 105)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 26 June, 2012
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.