Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Great Island
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Sites of Castles
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.28611, -6.99865
- SMR number
- WX039-028002-
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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
There are references to the repair of a stone castle requiring lead, slate and timber in 1286, which also required the digging of a moat (Hore 1901-11, vol. 3, 202-3). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) 120 acres and a large castle at Great Island was the property of the Earl of Ormond in 1640 (Simington 1953, 181). There is no reason other than the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6 inch map for believing a castle to have been located exactly here within the ringwork (WX039- 028001-) and adjacent to castle site (WX039-028003-). There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level.
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: 28 January, 2013
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Leper hospitalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.