Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Mountpleasant Or Tagunnan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountpleasant Or Tagunnan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25690, -6.49950
- SMR number
- WX047-003002-
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
Situated at a low point on a gently undulating landscape. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 50m NE-SW; 39m NW-SE) defined by a silted moat (Wth c. 6m) at SE, NE and to a lesser extent at the NW sides. The S end of the SW side is provided by the fishpond (WX047-003003-). At the centre is a mound (diam. 6.3-6.9m; H 0.6m) with four mature deciduous trees. The church (WX047-004001-) is c. 30m E of the E corner. The site of Tagunnan castle (WX047-003001-) is just outside the perimeter on the NE side.
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: 16 October, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fish-pondunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Churchyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.