Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Newcastle Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37173, -6.52804
- SMR number
- WX037-095----
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the NE-facing slope of a slight NW-SE ridge (L c. 400m; H c. 2-4m). The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 48m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by a single fosse is visible only on iMAPs (2022). The straight side at S (L c. 35m) incorporates the N side of a rectangular pond (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 20m E-W) that is visible on the aerial image and is represented on the 1902 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A NNE-SSW drain runs through the enclosure from the N edge of the pond. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from iMAPs (2022)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.