Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Davidstown (bantry By., Whitechurch Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Davidstown (bantry By., Whitechurch Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.36035, -6.60417
- SMR number
- WX036-029----
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 double rectangular enclosure defined by earthen banks or moats on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map, but only the E enclosure is now visible in pasture. It is situated on a slight rise. This is a rectangular area (dims. 40m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by water-filled fosse (Wth 6m) at S and a field drain (Wth 6m) at W. The moats (Wth c. 6m) at N and E are visible as vegetation change and a slight dip in the surface of the field.
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: 8 November, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.