Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmacomma, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmacomma
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.34115, -7.74094
- SMR number
- WA001-008----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.5-2.2m at S (upslope); ext. H 0.8m at S to 1.1m at W) NE-W which is reduced to a scarp (max. H 1.8m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The bank is planted with deciduous trees and the interior is eroded by cattle. Archaeological testing (03E1513) c. 70-100m WSW of this monument produced no archaeological material (Fagan 2003, P 502, No. 1894).
Fagan, G. (2008) Kilmacomma: no arhcaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 502. Wordwell. Dublin
Fagan, G. (2008) Kilmacomma: no arhcaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 502. Wordwell. Dublin
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 6th December 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.