Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockalisheen (glenahiry By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockalisheen (glenahiry By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.27842, -7.67936
- SMR number
- WA005-019----
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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 just off the W side of the summit of a hill in the E-W Nier river valley. D-shaped, scrub-covered area (dims. 30m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1m) and outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 6.1m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; ext. D 0.5m) SW-N-SE, both of which are truncated by a NW-SE field bank at SW. There is no visible 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.