Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ashtown, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ashtown
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.22908, -7.47431
- SMR number
- WA015-017----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1840 (ext. diam. c. 40m) and 1926 (diam. c. 55m) eds of the OS 6-inch maps, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. It is visible at ground level as a slightly dished area (diam. 30m) in ploughsoil. Rath (WA015-018----) is c. 35m to the E.
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: 17th August 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.