Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballylane East, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylane East
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.35738, -6.91120
- SMR number
- WX034-022----
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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 the faint outline of a small building (dims. c. 10m E-W; c. 7m N-S) described as 'site of Castle' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Edward Sutton owned a thousand acres in Ballilane, but there is no record of a castle (Simington 1953, 206). There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level but there is local knowledge of stony ground encountered in drainage works c. 1950. The ecclesiastical site (WX034-021----) is c. 25m to the WSW.
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: 13 September, 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
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.