Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilcarton,reisk, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcarton,reisk
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.18322, -7.21615
- SMR number
- WA026-005001-
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 SE-facing slope of a hill. Overgrown circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a stone-faced earthen bank (at NNE: Wth 4m; ext. and int. H 1.3-1.5m). There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 2.05m) is at E. The interior is divided WNW-ESE by a stone wall-footing, and an L-shaped wall (L 3.6m; 2.1m) to the S possibly represents a house foundation. An outer field bank surround the site S-N, which forms the townland boundary with Reisk W-N.
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: 29 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.