Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Mill Lands (ballaghkeen By., Edermine Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mill Lands (ballaghkeen By., Edermine Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41496, -6.49130
- SMR number
- WX032-010----
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
Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims. 41m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by water-filled moats (Wth 8-10m) on the N and E sides and traces of backfilled moats (Wth 10m; D 0.2 0.4m) at S and W. (Barry 1977, 223, WX 84)
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 Mooore
Date of upload/revision: 3 September, 2012
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.