Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Doonooney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonooney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.38893, -6.69012
- SMR number
- WX031-031----
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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 faintly as a subrectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) bordered by a NE-SW road at SE on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is located on a little S-N spur at the N foothills of Camross Hill, with a small NW-SE stream c. 70m to the SE. This is a rectangular area (dims. 23m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) planted with coniferous trees and with slightly raised corners defined by the remains of moats (Wth 2-5m; D 0.7m) on the NW and NE sides which were filled in within living memory, but the moat (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 3.3m; int. D 0.9m; ext. D 1.4m) with an outer field bank (Wth 4.5m; H 1.8m) survives at SW.
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: 28 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.