Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockacaharna, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockacaharna
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.17207, -7.71306
- SMR number
- WA022-018----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated at the crest of the S-facing slope of a small N-S ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.5m E-W; 29m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. and ext. H 1m), with internal and external stone-facing, which is reduced to a scarp E-S. There is no visible entrance but the outer fosse (Wth c. 2m; D 0.3-0.6m) is complete. Rath (WA022-019----) is c. 90m to the S.
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: 23rd March, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.