Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Barracreemountain Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barracreemountain Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20393, -7.61826
- SMR number
- WA014-058001-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a S-facing slope in a coniferous forest in the NE-SW upper valley of the Araglin river, with the N-S river c. 100m to the E. An oval area (20.5m N-S; 15m E-W) defined by a drystone wall (Wth c. 1.4m; max. H 0.4m), which has collapsed in places and has no identifiable entrance. In the interior there are possible hut sites defined by collapsed stone walls at E (WA014-058002-)(diam. c. 4m) and W (WA014-058003-)(diam. c. 4.5m) and another (WA014-058004-)(diam. c. 3m) is attached to the outside of the perimeter at NE. Standing stone (WA014-060----) is c. 60m to the WNW, and enclosure (WA014-061----) is c. 140m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 July 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.