Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballyscanlan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyscanlan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.15743, -7.20925
- SMR number
- WA026-026----
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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 (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a subcircular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 35m E-W; c. 25m N-S) incorporating a field bank NW-NE on the 1925 ed. Situated on a broad plateau. The remnants of an earthen bank (at SW: Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.9m) survive E-S-W (diam. c. 30m) around a scrub-covered area, while a field bank curtails the site at N. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The possible ringfort site (WA026-025----) is c. 25m to the W.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.