Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Templetown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templetown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.17217, -6.89854
- SMR number
- WX049-009----
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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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and it is situated on top of sea-cliffs (H c. 20m) on the E side of the Barrow/Nore/Suir estuary. It is overlooked by higher ground to the E and S. This is a circular scrub-covered area (diam. 23m NW-SE) defined by the sea cliff WSW-W-NE and a fosse (at N: Wth of top 4m; int. D 2m; ext. D 1.2m; at SSE: Wth of top 7m; int. D 0.2m; ext. D 0.4m) with an outer field bank elsewhere. There is no visible bank or entrance. Archaeological testing (09E0394) c. 200m to the S produced no related material (Ó Drisceoil 2012a).
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 revision: 4 February 2014
References
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2012a Templetown. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2009: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 223, No. 850.Dublin. Wordwell.
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