Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Caherbaun, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbaun
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.32475, -7.73600
- SMR number
- WA001-019001-
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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 on a low E-W ridge. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 35m) defined by a slight earthen bank (int. H 0.3m) NE-SE and a complete flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5-7m; Wth at base 1.5-2m; int. D 1.2-1.5m; ext. D 0.3-0.7m). A sunken area (L 8m; Wth 2-3m; D 0.5-1m) with cairn material in the interior may be a souterrain or a quarry. The entrance (Wth 3.3m) and causeway (Wth 5m) are at SE. A rath (WA001-020----) is c. 50m to the E.
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: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.