Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynastraw (ballaghkeen By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynastraw (ballaghkeen By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.45837, -6.48641
- SMR number
- WX026-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a rectangular feature (dims. c. 65m WNW-ESE; c. 50m NNE-SSW) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a rectangular field (dims c. 70m WNW-ESE; c. 55m NNE-SSW) on the 1940 ed. It is situated in a level landscape in the basin of the NE-SW River Sow with the stream c. 430m to the S. No antiquity is visible at ground level in pasture and it may be a field, but it is listed as a moated site (Barry 1977, 216, WX 24). Enclosure (WX026-029----) is c. 100m to the E.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 11 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.