Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glen Upper (upperthird By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen Upper (upperthird By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.35216, -7.53522
- SMR number
- WA002-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located in mixed woodland towards the bottom of a steep N-facing slope. Subcircular area (dims. 33m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 1.5m at SW), which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.8m) downslope NW-E. An external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m) SE-NW is reduced to a berm (Wth 2m) NW-NE. The entrance is not identified but it may have been between NE-SE where the bank and fosse are now destroyed.
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.