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
- 52.22652, -7.47377
- SMR number
- WA015-019----
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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 subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 25-30m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1926 ed. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. D-shaped, scrub-covered area (dims. 32m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; H 0.2-0.5m) with the straight side at W where it may have been altered by an outer field bank extending N-S. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and the bank is planted with coniferous trees. Earthwork (WA015-021----) is c. 50m to the S and rath (WA015-020----) is c. 150m to the ENE.
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: 28th July, 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.