Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballyshelin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyshelin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.29450, -6.59945
- SMR number
- WX041-027----
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
References to a castle at Ballyshelin date with certainty from the Civil Survey (1654-6) when a 'slate house' and 360 acres were the property of Philip Hore, together with 360 acres at Harveystown (Simington 1953, 98). It is depicted faintly as a rectangular structure (dims c. 10m E-W; c. 5m N-S) on the 1839 Ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on level ground at the SW base of Forth Mountain. A slightly raised oval area (dims. 18m E-W; 11m N-S) may be the site. Immediately to the W is a N-S sunken track or fosse (L 150m; Wth 4-8m). There was exposed stonework visible at the N end of this feature in 1988. All the features have eroded further through ploughing.
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: 19 March, 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
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.