Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballygunnermore, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygunnermore
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rath (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.22086, -7.05417
- SMR number
- WA018-013001-
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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 large oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 75m N-S; c. 65m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and known locally as a 'lios' (Power 1887-8). It is situated at the crest of the W-facing slope of a low N-S ridge. The cropmark of a bivallate circular area (ext. diam. c. 70m) is visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASZ 50). The perimeter incorporates a field bank E-SE. Souterrain (WA018-013002-) was discovered in the bank at E.
Power, Rev. P. (1887-8) Casey's 'lios', Ballygunnermore, Co. Waterford, JRSAI, vol. 18, 407.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.