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Ringfort - rath

Coolnasmear Upper, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coolnasmear Upper, 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
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----

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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

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

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

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