Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnalaght, County Waterford, Ireland
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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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 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
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.