Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Glentaunatinagh, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glentaunatinagh
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.23930, -7.95572
- SMR number
- WA011-009----
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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 the Vee pass of the Knockmealdown Mountains, on an E-facing slope overlooking the road. It is not marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Rectangular vaulted structure (int. dims. 3m E-W; 2.45m N-S, max. H 2.5m) with a fireplace in the W wall and small lights or loops in the N and S walls. The E wall does not survive. Structure (WA011-008----) is c. 600m 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: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.