Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Knockavannia, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavannia
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.25901, -7.66131
- SMR number
- WA005-022----
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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 on the 1840 (ext. diam. c. 50m) and 1927 (ext. diam. c. 60m) eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Situated in rough pasture towards the top of a NW-facing slope. It was removed prior to 1973, and is not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (04E0234) by c. 60m to the NW in Kilkeany townland failed to produce any related material (Lennon 2007, 426, No. 1680).
Lennon, A-M. (2007) Kilkeany. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 426. Wordwell. Dublin
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: 6 December 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.