Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Town defences
Clonmines, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonmines
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26194, -6.76702
- SMR number
- WX045-012009-
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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
Situated at the crest of a slight N and E-facing slope down to the N-S Owenduff/Corock river, which is c. 300-350m to the E. There are no murage grants for Clonmines and it might not have been defended, but at the W side of the town a N-S field bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 2m) has a flat bottomed fosse or ditch (Wth c. 4m; int. D c. 1m) on its E side running N from the graveyard that has the fortified church (WX045-012006-) and St. Nicholas’ parish church (WX045-012007-) (L c. 200m). This would cut off the town on a bend of the E-W Owenduff river c. 500m N of the churches.
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: 22 July 2007
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.