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Ringfort - rath

Gortnalaght, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortnalaght, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gortnalaght
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.18204, -7.53140
SMR number
WA023-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in the valley of the NW-SE River Tay with the stream c. 130m to the W. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 41m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by an overgrown earth and stone bank (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.8-1.4m; ext. H 0.9-1.8m), with the remains of an outer fosse (Wth at base 1.5-3m; ext. D 0.2-1.1m) W-N-E. Both the bank and fosse are best preserved at W, and the monument is circumscribed by a field bank W-NE. There are gaps at N, NNE and S but the riginal entrance cannot be recognised.

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: 25th March, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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