Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Currabaha, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Currabaha
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.13274, -7.65768
- SMR number
- WA023-024----
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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
Located at the S end of the summit of a NNW-SSE ridge. Overgrown oval area (dims. c. 35m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank, best preserved at W and N (at W: Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.4m), with a slight outer fosse (Wth c. 2m; D 0.1m) which may be a silted-up field drain S-N. The entrance (Wth 2.8m) is at E. The bank has been removed at SE (L 12m) to a spoil heap (dims. 9m x 5.5m; H 0.5-1.2m) on the perimeter at S. Rath (WA023-025----) is c. 290m to the NE.
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: 21st April, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.