Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Ballycullane (upperthird By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycullane (upperthird By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.29725, -7.54806
- SMR number
- WA006-004----
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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 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a smaller feature (diam. c. 20m) on the 1925 ed. Situated on flat pasture at the foothills of the Comeragh Mountains. Flat-topped, subcircular earthen mound (dims. at top 12m NNE-SSW; 7.2m WNW-ESE; H 2-2.3m; dims. at base 18.7m NNE-SSW; 15.5m WNW-ESE). It was removed since 1989.
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: 13-08-2009.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.