Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathanny, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathanny
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19247, -7.33884
- SMR number
- WA016-057----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a N-S ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 33m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by a stone-faced earth and stone field bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 1m; max. ext. H 1.5m) SE-W-N and a slight scarp elsewhere.
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: 29th July, 2010.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.