Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greenan (decies Without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenan (decies Without Drum By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.20783, -7.34331
- SMR number
- WA016-043001-
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
Situated on a N-facing slope. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims. 38m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 1-1.4m; ext. H 1.2-2m) which is destroyed NE-SE and SSW-WNW. An outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 1m) and external bank (at N: Wth 4m; ext. H 1.3m) survive NW-NE. The entrance through the inner (Wth 2.5m) and outer (Wth 3.5m) banks with a causeway (Wth 3m) is at NNE. A souterrain (WA016-043002-) is SE of the centre.
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: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.