Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolnasmear Upper, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnasmear Upper
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14865, -7.64737
- SMR number
- WA023-014----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and known locally as a 'lios'. It is located at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the ravine of the E-W Glendermot River with the stream c. 150m to the N. This is a subcircular area (dims. 31m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 1m) NW-SE which is interrupted by gates at N and SE. Farm buildings and stone field walls are visible at S and W. Spoil, probably from the interior, has been pushed against the inner face of the bank, and it is utilised as a haggard.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.