Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrigeen (decies Without Drum By., Rossduff Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeen (decies Without Drum By., Rossduff Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.23629, -7.40019
- SMR number
- WA015-012----
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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 semicircular feature with a bank S-N (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1840 and 1926 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. A grass-covered bank (Wth 3m; int. and ext. H 1m) survives S-N (diam. 32m), but thre is no visible fosse.
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: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.