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Enclosure

Coumaraglinmountain, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Coumaraglinmountain, 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
Coumaraglinmountain
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.18086, -7.61615
SMR number
WA023-066023-

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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

Located on flat ground at the base of a W-facing slope of the Monavullagh Mountains, with rock outcrop exposed on the perimeter at SE. Subrectangular grass-covered area (int. dims. 35m E-W; 31.5m N-S) defined by a collapsed, grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.5-3.5m) reduced to a scarp (H 0.7m) at W. The entrance (Wth 1.2m) at N is defined by a single stone (L 1.5m) on its W side with a cupmark on its E face. No internal features are visible. (Moore 1995, 195-6, 224, 241, E3)

This monument forms part of the national monument complex at Coumaraglinmountain (National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 4 of 1996).

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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 29 April 2011

Moore, M. 1995 A bronze age settlement and ritual centre in the Monavullagh mountains, county Waterford, Ireland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61, 191-243.

Nearby in the register

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

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