Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballynahask, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahask
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moated enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.48749, -6.30967
- SMR number
- WX027-007----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a square embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 30m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located on a small N-S spur with the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream c. 20m to the NE. It is described as a rectangular platform defined by a fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 1m) (Barry 1977, 215, WX 21). It has been removed since 1977 and is not visible at ground level in pasture.
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: 17 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.