Moated site in Camaross

First identified in centre-line testing (00E0379) for the re-alignment of the N25 Wexford town to New Ross road (Elder and Tierney 2002), and partially excavated (00E0471) subsequently. It is located on a low-lying landscape with a small NE-SW stream c. 60m to the SE and a small NW-SE stream c. 90m to the SW. The N half of a rectangular area (dims c. 27m NW-SE; c. 30m plus NE-SW) was excavated. It was defined by moats (Wth c. 2.85m; D up to 3m) on each side, and a metalled surface against the moat on the NW side may have marked the entrance. At the centre was a rectangular wooden building, half of which was excavated. It was probably domestic as there were internal divisions and two hearths. Externally, a shallow depression on each side probably represents a path and there were stone-lined drains parallel with the E and W walls and c. 1m from them. What was thought to be a pottery kiln and evidence of associated activities was just outside the NE moat, but a re-examination of the evidence concludes it is more likely to be a corn-drying kiln (Eogan and Kelly 2016, 218). Some drains and ditches from a field system relating to the moated site are also recorded. (Tierney 2002; Tierney, M. and Johnston, P. 2006, 6-12; Tierney 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 1 February, 2017