Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Shanakill (upperthird By., Rathgormuck Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanakill (upperthird By., Rathgormuck Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29572, -7.50100
- SMR number
- WA007-002----
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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 faintly as a circular enclosure (dims. c. 55m E-W; c. 50m N-S) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on the edge of a plateau overlooking the NW-SE Clodiagh River c. 200m to the NE. Slightly dished D-shaped area with a straight W side (dims. 45m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 4-5m; H 0.3m). There is no visible entrance.
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: 14 August 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.