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Enclosure

Carrigeennageragh Big,Shanbally (Decies without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Carrigeennageragh Big, Shanbally, 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
Carrigeennageragh Big,Shanbally (Decies without Drum By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.13852, -7.55419
SMR number
WA023-030001-

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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 an irregularly-shaped field (dims. c. 75m E-W; c. 65m N-S) incorporating the townland boundary with Carrigeennageeragh Big at N on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as an oval enclosure within a field on the 1927 ed. This is a possible early ecclesiastical site (Power 1952, 156) situated on a slight rise at the S base of Carrigmoorna Hill.
An oval grass-covered area (dims. 73m E-W; 57m N-S) is defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 5-5.6m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.7-2m) and outer fosse (max. Wth at base 3.5m; D 0.6-1m) N-SE, and by the fosse (Wth of top 3-3-4.4m; int. D 1.3-1.5m; ext. D 0.6-0.9m) elsewhere. It is surrounded by a complete field bank. There is a modern entrance (Wth 2.6m) and causeway (Wth 7m) at ESE. There is a D-shaped bullaun stone (WA023-030002-) (dims. 0.6m x 0.6m; max. H 0.33m) of conglomerate with a single basin (diam. 0.27-0.3m; D 0.1m) in the interior.

Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.

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: 3rd August, 2010.

Nearby in the register

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

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