What is recorded here
Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope with a small NE-SW stream c. 200m to the SE. This is a raised and scrub-covered oval area (dims. 28m E-W; 22m N-S; H 3.5-4.7m) defined by a flat bottomed fosse (Wth 6.5m; ext. D 0.6m) surviving W NE. It is listed as a motte (Colfer 1987, 99).
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: 4 September, 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
St. Nicholas WellHoly well · 229 yd
site of ChurchChurch · 1.0 mi
1798 MemorialMemorial · 1.0 mi
bridgebridge · 1.1 mi
Moville Housefarm house · 1.2 mi
Ballinkeel Castle (in ruins)Castle, unclassified · 2.4 mi
71Mountain / peak · 3.3 mi
Eden ValeWood · 3.3 mi
CastleCastle, motte · 3.9 mi