Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlecraddock, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecraddock
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16356, -7.29427
- SMR number
- WA025-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1869 · 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Bivallate subcircular area (ext. diam. c. 40m) with an entrance at E, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (MM (25) 6-7, 11-12). It is not visible at ground level.
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: 16th May 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.