Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilclooney, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilclooney
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.24142, -7.49301
- SMR number
- WA015-002----
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 in coniferous forest on a shoulder of a NW-facing slope. A subcircular area (dims. 39m N-S; 35m E-W) is planted with some trees and defined by a complete earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3m at N to 1m at E (upslope); ext. H 0.9m at E to 1.3m at W), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-5.2; Wth of base 1.5-2.5m; D 0.3-0.6m) NE-SW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.9m) at NNW.
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: 10th December 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.