Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bleantasour, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bleantasour
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20376, -7.66597
- SMR number
- WA013-018----
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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
Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a plateau or shelf on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) defined by a low bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) NNW- NNE and by a slight scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere. It is slightly curtailed by a NW-SE road fence (L 14m) at NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.