Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Baldwinstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baldwinstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24044, -6.57947
- SMR number
- WX047-129001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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 on a slight SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 60m NW- SE: c. 40m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (OPWAP. 26981, 1 5). It is truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE and a NE-SW field bank at SW There is a small ring-ditch (diam. c. 10m) inside the perimeter at W. The enclosure can also be seen on Google Earth (2010).
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.
Date of upload/revision: 11 October, 2013
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.