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The manor of Rosegarland was held in 1247 by Maurice de London (or de Londres) by the service of two knights from the Vallence purpartry and he also held Duncormick (WX046-035001-) (Brooks 1950, 103). Rosegarland occupied the territory between the Owenduff and Corock rivers, and embraced the parishes of Inch, Clongeen and Ballylannan (Orpen 1934, 60), but by 1308 it had passed through marriage to George le Poer. In 1385 it passed by marriage to Simon de Neville and the Nevilles held it in a feodary of 1425 (Brooks 1950, 104-05). The Nevilles may have moved the centre of the manor to Rosegarland (WX040-042----).
The motte at Newcastle, which was also known as Rath Gorey moat according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 355), may have been the first caput of the Rosegarland manor. It is located on a slight rise at the E edge of a fairly level landscape with a small valley opening off the NE. It is an overgrown and flat topped earthen mound (diam. of top 10m; diam. of base 30m; H 7.3m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 2.3m; ext. D 1.8-2.5m). The motte is at the W side of a crescent-shaped bailey (dims. 40m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 6.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.7m) and an external, flat-bottomed fosse (at E: Wth of top 7m; Wth of base c. 1.5m; ext. D 1.8m). The bailey may have been adapted from a pre-existing rath, as evidenced by the upstanding bank on its perimeter and its local name of Rathgorey (Murphy, c. 1994, 39), but the bank and fosse are partly destroyed at N. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) of a gas pipeline c. 1m to the E of the fosse of the motte in Area 10 produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie 2015:422).
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: 21 February, 2013
Amended: 19 October 2020
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