Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Aughclare, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughclare
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.32958, -6.91297
- SMR number
- WX034-049----
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
Marked as an oval embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape in the E foothills of Sievecoiltia. This is a raised, rectangular, grass-covered area (dims. c. 35m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.3-1.5m) with a moat (Wth of top 6-8m; ext. D 0.3-1m) and outer bank (Wth 3-4m; H c. 0.2m) on the E and S sides. It is truncated by a NE-SW field bank at N and does not survive N of this feature. An old stream bed is adjacent to the SE.
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: 12 September, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.