What is recorded here
Situated on a broad, low hill. This is a D-shaped area (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 100m E-W) defined by a water filled moat (Wth 6-20m) enclosing a semicircular area SW-N-E, with the moated site (WX048-023003-) abutting the inside of the moat at SE. The castle site (WX048-023001-) is in the N interior and the centre is occupied by farm buildings. The abpve description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-023002
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Picture notes
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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