Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraheen (upperthird By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraheen (upperthird By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29422, -7.55613
- SMR number
- WA006-003----
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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 an incomplete enclosure only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a shelf of high ground at the NE-facing foothills of the Comeragh Mountains, with a W-E ravine immediately to the NW. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 35m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (at E: Wth 4m; H 0.6m) NE-E-S, with the remains of a bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) and an outer fosse or gully S-W-NW. It is curtailed by the ravine at N and there is no visible entrance. The interior is bisected by a N-S field bank towards the W edge with grass to the E and scrub W of this feature.
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: 27th October, 2010. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.