Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyin Upper, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyin Upper
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15308, -7.94694
- SMR number
- WA020-009----
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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 circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) overlain by a NW-SE field bank on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a steep SE-facing slope. Subrectangular area (dims. 12.8m NW-SE; 6.4m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5-0.8m) with external stone-facing, it is described as a 'killeen' (Power 1952, 35). The perimeter is planted with deciduous trees.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
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: 30 July 2010
References
Power, P. 1952 The placenames of the Decies (second ed.). Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassified1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.