Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Comeraghhouse, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Comeraghhouse
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19290, -7.51480
- SMR number
- WA015-045----
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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 wooded enclosure (diam. c. 40m) bisected by an E-W lane on the 1840 and 1926 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 43m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m) with external stone-revetting. There is no visible entrance or original fosse. It is bisected by a NW-SE roadway, and planted with deciduous trees.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.