Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanakill (decies Without Drum By., Rossduff Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanakill (decies Without Drum By., Rossduff Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.18991, -7.38037
- SMR number
- WA015-058----
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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 on a shoulder of a S-facing slope. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 39.5m N-S; 39.4 N-Sm) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; int. H 0.5-1.2m; ext. H 1.4-1.8m) best preserved at N and S, but reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-1.4m) S-W. An external fosse (Wth of top 4.5-7.4mat; Wth of base 2m; D 0.4-1m) survives W-NE accompanied by an outer field bank (at N: Wth 3.2m; H 1.3m) NW-NE. There is an entrance (Wth 2.5m) at ESE.
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: 13 December 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.