Overview
Embanked enclosure — Doonooney is recorded as Moated site in Wexford. Marked faintly as a subrectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext. c. 30m NW-SE) bordered by a NE-SW road at SE on the 1839 ed.
Why it was made
The saved account records: Marked faintly as a subrectangular embanked or moated enclosure (ext.
People and events
The saved account records: c. 30m NW-SE) bordered by a NE-SW road at SE on the 1839 ed.
How it worked
The saved account records: It is located on a little S-N spur at the N foothills of Camross Hill, with a small NW-SE stream c. 70m to the SE.
What remains
The saved account records: 21m NW-SE) planted with coniferous trees and with slightly raised corners defined by the remains of moats (Wth 2-5m
Why it mattered
Embanked enclosure — Doonooney matters because the source ties moated site to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: D 0.7m) on the NW and NE sides which were filled in within living memory, but the moat (Wth of top 5m
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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