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Tooracurragh, County Waterford, Ireland

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Townland
Tooracurragh
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.26828, -7.75073
SMR number
WA005-014002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 gentle N-NE-facing slope. This is an early ecclesiastical site. The church (WA005-014001-) is now reduced to a low mound (diam. c. 20m; H c. 0.5m) within an oval grass-covered area (dims. c. 165m N-S; c. 115m E-W) defined by a curved field bank NW-NE, a straightened field bank NE-SE, a low scarp (H 0.5m) and outer berm (Wth 15m) SE-S and a destroyed field bank S-NW. An ogham stone (WA005-014003-) was moved from the central structure c. 1880 to a nearby farmhouse (WA005-012----). (Power 1923; Lyons 1946)

Lyons, P. (1946) Notes - The stone of Formach, JCHAS 51, 85-6.
Power, Rev. P (1923) Miscellanea - An early inscribed pillar at Tooracurragh, Co. Waterford. JRSAI 53, 196-7.

Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 22nd October, 2010.

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