Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Seafield, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seafield
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.15920, -7.40145
- SMR number
- WA024-040----
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 on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SSW: Wth 4.5m; int. H 1.35m; ext. H 1.7m), incorporated into a field bank at N. There is no visible fosse or entrance.
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: 9th May, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.