Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Scartnadrinymountain, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scartnadrinymountain
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.19988, -7.65049
- SMR number
- WA014-006----
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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 W-facing slope at the W foothills of the Monavullagh Mountains. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 30m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.8m at W (downslope) to 1.8m at E; ext. H 1m at W to 2.2m at E), with internal stone-facing NE-S. The bank is removed from W-NNW. An outer fosse (Wth of top 3.7-4.3m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2 at S to 1.1m at E) NE-SSW is reduced to a berm (Wth 4m) SSW-NW. The site is curtailed by a stone-faced field bank at N which lies between it and rath (WA014-005----). There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.1m) at W. Rath (WA014-007001-) is c. 30m to the S. The monument remains unplanted in a coniferous forest.
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: 17 November 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.