Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraghmore, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghmore
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.29634, -7.34547
- SMR number
- WA008-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 at the crest of the S-facing slope of a N-S spur of Tower Hill, overlooking the valley of the W-E Clodiagh River c. 800m to the S. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 25.7m N-S; 25.2m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.2-2.2m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 1-1.2m) with a complete outer fosse (Wth 1-2m; D 0.3-0.6m). There is no visible entrance, but a N-S rib of bedrock runs through it towards the perimeter at W.
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: 3rd November, 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Stone sculpture - iconicunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wall monument (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.