Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Dunanore, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunanore
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.46704, -6.58728
- SMR number
- WX026-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 wooded enclosure on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a moated enclosure on the 1940 ed. It is located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. This is an overgrown square area (dims. 33m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.5m) with external flat-bottomed moats (Wth c. 10m; D 2m) on all sides except the W where the moat is missing. The moat is recut at the E and S, and there is an outer bank at N. (Barry 1977, 220, WX 55)
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: 12 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
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.