Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballyeland, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyeland
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.45947, -6.63329
- SMR number
- WX025-023----
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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. 65m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as the SE moat alone (L c. 50m) on the 1924 ed. It is situated in a slight fold on the NW-facing slope of a small NE-SW ridge. This is a roughly square grass and scrub-covered area (dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by flat bottomed moats at E, S and N (Wth 3.5 5m; D 1m). The moat on the W side and the W ends of the N and S moats are back filled but are visible as a change in vegetation. (Barry 1977, 214, WX 12)
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: 2 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.