Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - inland
Duncormick Hill, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duncormick Hill
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.22772, -6.65820
- SMR number
- WX046-034002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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
The site of Duncormick castle (WX046-034001-) is situated on a rock outcrop promontory (dims 51m E-W; c. 38m N-S; H 4-6.5m) on the W side of the valley of a N-S stream, and in the centre of Duncormick village. There is a wide trench or fosse (Wth of top 13-15m; D 6-6.5m) on the S side of the promontory, which may be natural. It extends west as far as a N-S public road (L c. 100m). There is no evidence of an earthwork bank or fosse cutting off the promontory, although the promontory is partly occupied by a house.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 August, 2103
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.