Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fox'S Castle, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fox'S Castle
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.15418, -7.49342
- SMR number
- WA024-046----
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 just below the crest of the SW-facing slope of a hill. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 28m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank best preserved at NE (Wth 3- 5.7m; int. H 1.2-2m; ext. H 0.8-1.5m), with an external fosse (Wth at base 2m; ext. D 1.15m) N-E. The original entrance (Wth 2m) is downslope at SW.
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
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.