Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyvalloo Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvalloo Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41798, -6.36935
- SMR number
- WX033-029----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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 slight rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 33m) defined by what might be a single bank feature is visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP, WX 96, 31-3). Archaeological testing (03E0557) c. 50m to the NW at the closest point failed to produce archaeological material (McCarthy 2003; xxcavations.ie 2003:2009).
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: 5 September, 2012
Amended: 30 November 2020
References
McCarthy, M. 2003 Archaeological monitoring of a single house development at Ballyvalloo Upper, Castle Ellis, Co. Wexford. Licence: 03E0557. Unpublished report, Archaeological Services Unit, UCC
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.