Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Turbeha, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turbeha
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.15602, -7.81972
- SMR number
- WA021-017----
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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. 40-45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 40m) SSW-NE on the 1927 ed. Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope. Remnants of an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; int. and ext. H 0.35m) survive SSE-ENE (diam. 30.5m). There is no visible fosse.
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
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.