Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballinattin, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinattin
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.17029, -7.13105
- SMR number
- WA026-018----
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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 D-shaped enclosure with a wide fosse (ext. dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated at the edge of a small cliff overlooking the NW-SE Garraun stream to the S just where it enters the Back Strand at Tramore. This is the semicircular arc (C c. 50m N-E) of a silted fosse (Wth 4-5m), with a slightly concave profile, evident as a band of lush vegetation. Bands of dry grass (Wth 4-5m) internally and externally indicate the location of enclosing banks. It is now landscaped as a private garden.
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: 30 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.