Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghmore
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29606, -7.36072
- SMR number
- WA008-001----
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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
Visible as a cropmark on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 704-3), and situated ath the crest of the SE facing slope of a NE-SW spur of the foothills SW of Tower Hill. This is a slightly raised, grass-covered circular area (diam. 41.5m N-S; 41.5m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2-0.5m), with traces of a fosse at N. The entrance is visible as a slight dip (Wth 4m) in the perimeter at SSE. Enclosure (WA008-046----) is c. 100m to the N.
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: 27th July, 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.