Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockanaffrin, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanaffrin
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27348, -7.60934
- SMR number
- WA006-055002-
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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
Situated on a plateau at the W foothills of the Comeragh Mountains with a NE-SW stream valley c. 500m to the SE and the E-W Nier river valley c. 800m to the S. D-shaped, grass-covered area (ext. dim. 27m N-S; int. dim. 23m N-S) defined by a low earthen bank (at S: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) S-N. The bank has been modified creating a straight scarp at E. It is within field system (WA006-055004-).
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.