Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Newbawn, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newbawn
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33732, -6.78210
- SMR number
- WX035-099----
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 slight E-facing slope. A rectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims c. 45m ENE-WSW; c. 45m NNW-SSE) is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map c. 70m E of Collop’s Well and it is depicted as a small rectangular field (dims 40m NNW-SSE; c. 35m ENE-WSW) on the 1908 edition with a WNW-ESE field bank cutting through it close to the perimeter at N. No feature is visible at ground level in pasture and it is not visible on aerial media, but It could be a moated site. It was first reported by Catherine McLoughlin.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.