Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Knockmarshal, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmarshal
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.48003, -6.59776
- SMR number
- WX025-014----
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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 on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a rectangular enclosure with two moats (ext. dims. c. 70m NE-W; c. 70m NW-SE) on the 1924 ed. Located on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. This is a square, grass-covered area (42m NW-SE; 42m NE-SW) defined by infilled moats (Wth 6.5-8m; D 0.2-0.4m), but there is no evidence of a second moat. (Barry 1977, 223, WX 81)
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: 3 July, 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 - ringworkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.