Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Islandikane East,islandikane South, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Islandikane East,islandikane South
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Ancient Irish Dwelling
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ancient Irish Dwelling (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.13107, -7.21787
- SMR number
- WA026-036002-
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
Lying partly on Sheep Island which is being eroded into two islands by the sea, the defences of promotory fort (WA026-036001-) are on the mainland. The island, now inaccessible, has an oval hut site within a grass-covered enclosure (Westropp 1914-16, 222).
Westropp, T. J. (1914-16) Fortiified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster. PRIA C vol. 32, 188-227.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.