Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tigroe, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tigroe
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.25428, -7.28721
- SMR number
- WA008-017----
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 towards the top of a SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 29.8m E-W; 29.2m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.5-0.9m; ext. H 0.8m W-N (upslope) to 1.7m E-S) with an outer fosse (Wth at base 1.5-3m; D 0.8-1.4m). An outer stone-faced bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m) may be modern. The entrance (Wth 2.6m) and causeway are at SW, but there is no break in the outer bank at this point. A sunken area (dims. 2.5m N-S; 1.3m E-W; D 1m) just NW of the centre may be a souterrain. The interior is planted with coniferous trees.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.