Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tooreen East, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen East
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.25177, -7.63518
- SMR number
- WA006-026----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the N-facing slope of a SW-NE valley, with the headwaters of a stream c. 170m to the NW. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims. 41m E-W; 39m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.7m at E to 4m at N; int. H 0.3-0.4m generally to 0.7-0.9m E-S) with internal and external stone-facing (ext. H 0.1m at N (uplsope) to 0.5-0.8m generally). There is no visible entrance. Ring-barrow (WA006-027----) is c. 60m to the NE and there are two fulachta fiadh (WA006-050----; WA006-051----) c. 145m to the NNW and N respectively.
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: 27 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.