Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Oldgrange, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldgrange
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29040, -7.39817
- SMR number
- WA007-057----
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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 in pasture on the E side of a small valley, on a gentle S-facing slope with a N-S stream immediately to the W. A conglomerate stone (dims. 2.9m NE-SW; 2.3m NW-SE; max. T 0.35m) is resting on the ground at NE and on a surface boulder (dims. 0.9m x 0.65m; H 0.5m) at SW. A hollow (diam. 0.6m; D 0.1m) on the upper surface represents damage.
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: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed pillarunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragment1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ring1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.