Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortahilly, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortahilly
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14419, -7.06296
- SMR number
- WA027-038----
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 enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on fairly level ground with a slight E-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 24m) defined by a scarp. Traces of a widely spread bank (Wth 8.3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.8m) and outer fosse (Wth c. 4m; ext. D 0.6m) survive at N. There is no visible entrance.
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: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.