Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Graignagower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graignagower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25760, -7.70999
- SMR number
- WA005-024----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated at the W edge of a plateau overlooking the S-N ravine of the Curraghteskin stream. A flat-bottomed quarry (diam. c. 35m; D c. 2m) is on the site. Rath (WA005-025----) is c. 120m to the E.
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: 13 August 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Mineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.