Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballycourcy More, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycourcy More
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47629, -6.52604
- SMR number
- WX026-057----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight NE-facing slope. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 60m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by single fosses or moats that are parallel with mapped field banks is visible on aerial photographs (MM (12) 30-31). It is also visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018).
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2018)
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 revision: 11 July 2012
Amended: 22 July 2021
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.