Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockeen, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockeen
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosue
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.21286, -7.17195
- SMR number
- WA017-032001-
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 N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m) defined by a widely spread bank (Wth 7-9m; max. H 0.5m) and an outer fosse best preserved S-W-N (Wth of top 11-12m; max. D 0.4m). There are entrances are at N (Wth 3m) and NE (Wth 4m). An aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDQ 94) shows cropmarks of a rectangular field system (WA017-032002-) covering c. 3ha to the N and E, which are not visible at ground level but which are marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.