Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Comeraghhouse, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Comeraghhouse
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.19782, -7.51810
- SMR number
- WA014-019----
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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. 35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval enclosure (ext. dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 50m N-S) on the 1927 ed. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Overgrown oval area (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by a stone wall (Wth 3m; H 1m at N). 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: 28 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.