Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Englishtown, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Englishtown
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.13490, -7.53122
- SMR number
- WA023-033001-
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
Situated in mixed woodland on top of a broad hill. Overgrown circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7-2m; int. H 0.4-1m; ext. H 1m) with stone-facing. There is no visible entrance or fosse, but a hollow inside the perimeter at NE that was visible in 1981 (SMR file) may be a souterrrain (WA023-033002-).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.