Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraghduff (upperthird By., Mothel Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghduff (upperthird By., Mothel Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.31128, -7.43156
- SMR number
- WA003-047----
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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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a broad plateau sloping gently down to SW. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 35m E-W; 33.5m N-S) defined by a widely spread bank (Wth 6-9m; H 0.2-0.9m) best preserved E-S. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canons1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.