Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Hopefield, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hopefield
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclsoure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34485, -6.70251
- SMR number
- WX036-031----
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 a subrectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m N-S; c. 45-55m E-W) only on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight SE-facing slope at the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream. It is described as a platform with a dry moat (Wth 2m; D 1.5m) (Barry 1977, 222, WX 72), but it was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1988.
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
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.