Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Ballynarrid, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynarrid
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Slippery Island
- Latest-edition OS map
- Slippery Island
- Coordinates
- 52.13097, -7.38282
- SMR number
- WA024-068----
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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
Located in pasture on a coastal promontory. A narrow isthmus (Wth 6.2m) is defended by a slight inner bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.1m) and outer depression or fosse (Wth 7.8m; ext. D 1.2m; int. D 2.2m). Evidence for a second inner bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.85m) can be seen just inside the first, with a causeway (Wth 2-2.4m) across the fosse. The interior is very narrow (L c. 80m N-S).
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: 10th May, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Mineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.