Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballylegat, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylegat
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19337, -7.23373
- SMR number
- WA016-062----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) truncated by a NE-SW field bank at E on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a S-facing slope. Field banks (Wth 3m; H 1m) with stone-facing at E and SW, and an internal scarp NW-NE, form a sub-triangular grass-covered area (dims. c. 25m N-S; c. 23m E-W). Earthwork (WA016-063----) is c. 50m to the S.
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: 20 August 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.