Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Orchardstown (middlethird By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Orchardstown (middlethird By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.22501, -7.19899
- SMR number
- WA017-007----
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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 circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) overlain by a NE-SW field bank on the 1950-51 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated In pasture at the crest of a W-facing sloe, it is not visible at ground level.
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 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.