Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Gaulstown, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaulstown
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20428, -7.21457
- SMR number
- WA017-025----
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
Situated on a NW-facing slope, at the junction with a steeper N-facing slope that rises over it to the S. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims. 35m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.5-4m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 0.5-0.6m generally to 1.5m at N) with no visible fosse or entrance. A grassy berm (Wth 5.7m at W to 15m at E) separates the bank from an outer enclosure (diam. 60m N-S; 58m E-W) which is defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 2.2-3.3m; int. H 1.1-1.4m; ext. H 0.4-1.4m) with a modern entrance (Wth 2.8m) at NE.
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: 05 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.