Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bleantasour, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bleantasour
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisnacaheragh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cathair
- Coordinates
- 52.20783, -7.66541
- SMR number
- WA013-017----
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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 on a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.3m), which is incorporated into a stone field bank NW-NE. There is an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) E-SW. The entrance at E has been widened.
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: 12th November, 2010. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.