Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Ballinclay Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinclay Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38562, -6.62542
- SMR number
- WX031-067----
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
Situated on a S-facing slope with the headwaters of a small SW-NE stream c. 100m to the SE. The outline of a rectangular grass-covered area (int. dims c. 42m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by wide moats (Wth 3m at NW to c. 6m generally) on every side is visible on Apple Maps. It and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillère.
See the attached aerial view from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 11 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.