Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackandarra Upper, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackandarra Upper
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.18985, -7.68844
- SMR number
- WA013-036----
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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 embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45-50m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the arc of a bank (diam. c. 50m) SW-NE on the 1927 ed. Situated in pasture on level ground. Slight intermittent traces of a bank are visible. Archaeological testing (04E0842) just to the SE failed to produce any related material. (Purcell 2007)
Purcell, J. (2007) Lackendarry Upper. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 427, No. 1682. Wordwell. Dublin.
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: 18 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.