Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
Knockboy (decies Without Drum By., Seskinan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockboy (decies Without Drum By., Seskinan Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19434, -7.68880
- SMR number
- WA013-032002-
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 on level ground. There is a low, circular grass-covered mound (diam. 11.5m) composed of broken and burnt stones in a black matrix at the site of Tobernatemple well (WA013-032001-).
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 12 November 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.