Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Berkeley, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Berkeley
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.41507, -6.88520
- SMR number
- WX029-012----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as an intact structure (dims. c. 15m N-S; c. 10m E-W), which is described in gothic lettering as the ruin of a Castle on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. This may be the ‘castle of Scarke’ mentioned in the description of the bounds of Ballyanne parish (Simington 1953, 204), but there are no other references to it, There are no visible remains at ground level in a small wood.
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: 1 August, 2012
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.