Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyhussa, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhussa
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.23240, -7.37136
- SMR number
- WA016-001----
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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 sub-rectangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped enclosure (ext. dims. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) truncated by a NE-SW field bank towards the perimeter at SE and with a wide outer fosse on the 1926 ed. It is situated on a level landscape. Oval grass-covered area (dims. 51m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a fosse (Wth 10-11m; D 0.2-0.7m). There is no visible entrance. It is visible as a cropmark (diam. c. 50m) defined by a single feature on aerial photographs (ASIAP (40) 31-36) taken in August 1996.
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: 20th December, 2010.
Nearby in the register
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