Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathquage, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathquage
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15526, -7.33837
- SMR number
- WA025-054----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 35-40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an oval field (dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1922 ed. Situated towards the top of a slight E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (diam. c. 38m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank which is incorporated into a field bank and hedge SW-N-SE, and defined by a scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere.
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: 19th May, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.