Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Courthoyle Old, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courthoyle Old
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37043, -6.79676
- SMR number
- WX035-014003-
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
Situated on a gentle W-facing slope at the W foothills of Carrickbyrne Hill. There is no evidence of the enclosure (WX035-012001-) at a developed farm complex, but there are local descriptions of a possible souterrain that was found c. 1970 running NE from the tower house. This is described as a stone-built passage in which a person could crouch, but it could be a drain assoiciated with the tower house.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 October, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.