Moated site

The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a double-banked or double-moated rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located at the bottom of a N-facing slope with a small S-N stream just to the W. This is a rectangular area (dims. c. 39m N-S; c. 34m E-W) set in a root crop and defined by the slight dip of a moat (Wth c. 7m) at S, W and N, with the remains of an outer bank (Wth c. 7m) at W. It can be seen as a cropmark with inner and outer banks on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005). (Barry 1977, 218, WX 42)

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 Moor

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.