Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Monamelagh, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monamelagh
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.14341, -7.23606
- SMR number
- WA025-064----
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 enclousre (ext. diam. c. 45m) o the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank (C c. 25m) W-N on the 1922 ed. Situated on the E-facing slope of the N-S valley of the Kilfarrasy stream. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an overgrown, flat-topped bank (Wth at base 8m; Wth at top 3m; int. H 2m; ext. H 2.8m) and outer fosse (Wth at base 2.5m; D 0.8m) W-N, with a slight scarp 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.