Overview
Indicated — Knockavota is recorded as Barrow — unclassified in Wexford. Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as a tumulus on the latter. The townland name, Knockavota, means the hill the moat, and the locatin is on a gentle SW-facing slope.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: This is an oval grass and scrub-covered mound (dims.
What was found
The saved account records: Marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as a tumulus on the latter.
What remains
The saved account records: The townland name, Knockavota, means the hill the moat, and the locatin is on a gentle SW-facing slope.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Knockavota matters because the source ties barrow — unclassified to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: H 0.6m at N to 1.5m genearally) with slight traces of a fosse or quarry at the NW and SE.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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