Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymoat, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymoat
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.19462, -7.22561
- SMR number
- WA017-041----
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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
Situated on an E-facing slope with the S-N Ballymoat stream c. 200m to the E. Overgrown circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6m), with slight traces of an outer fosse at SW. It is surrounded by a stone-faced field bank NW-E-SW, but there is no visible entrance.
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/revision: 06 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.