Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Dromina,raheen (gaultiere By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromina,raheen (gaultiere By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rath a Leacht (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.20676, -6.97653
- SMR number
- WA018-027----
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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
Marked faintly as a small enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated in pasture on the shoulder of an E-facing slope down to the Barrow/Suir estuary. Described as a 'Tumulus' and known at one time as the 'Giant's Grave' (Anon. 1912, 278). It is not visible at ground level.
Anon. (1912) Proceedings - Waterford historical sketch, JRSAI 42, 256-83.
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: 26 August 2009
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.