Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballymaclare, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymaclare
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.34135, -6.91042
- SMR number
- WX034-037----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 60m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as two E-W banks inside NW-SE field banks at NE and SW on the 1924 ed. It is situated on a gentle E-facing slope at the E-facing foothills of Slievecoilte with a slight W-E valley just to the S and a N-S stream c. 170m to the E with the ground falling away to its flat-bottomed valley immediately to the E.
This is a grass-covered trapezoidal area (dims. c. 55m NE-SW at W; c. 25m NE-SW at E) defined by grass-covered earthen banks (Wth 5.8-6m; int. H c. 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1.4-1.6m) and outer flat-bottomed fosses (Wth of top 7.5-8m; Wth of base 4m; D c. 0.4m) only at N (L 44m) and S (L 35m). There is no evidence of a bank or fosse at the W side (L 54m) or the E side (L 25m). Ballymaclare church (WX034-036001-) and graveyard (WX034-036002-) are c. 110m to the S.
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
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.