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Embanked enclosure

Castletown, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Embanked enclosure, Castletown, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castletown
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.19099, -7.10832
SMR number
WA017-060001-

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on an E-facing slope at the S end of a N-S ridge. Subcircular dished area (dims. c. 90m N-S; c. 80m E-W) defined by an earthen bank surviving in its original condition S-W (Wth 13.5m; int. H 2.2m; ext. H 2m). The perimeter is altered into modern field banks W-N-E and is absent E-S. The interior is planted with a cereal crop. (Condit and Gibbons 1988)

Condit, T. and Gibbons, M. (1988) A henge-type monument at Castletown, Co. Waterford, Decies, No. 37, 5-7.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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