What is recorded here

Ballymore Demesne holds a flat-topped earthen mound fifteen metres across, raised four to six metres above the Wexford slope. A narrow fosse cuts around its base, marking the boundary of a small castle that likely watched the land before the church appeared two hundred metres east. The mound has stood through centuries of rain and forgetting, keeping its shape while human lives came and went around it.

Situated towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of an ENE-WSW ridge. This is a flat-topped subrectangular earthen mound (dims. of top 17m E-W; 13m N-S; H 4-6m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4-7m; D 1-2m). There is a causeway (Wth 4m) at E which is probably modern. The church site (WX16-015001-) is c. 200m to the E, but the holy well (WX016-014002-) is just outside the SE angle. It is growing some mature trees, and has been listed as a moated site (Barry 1977, 215). 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/revision: 21 May, 2012.

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