Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rathmoylan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmoylan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.14274, -7.03508
- SMR number
- WA027-039001-
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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 only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a mound (diam. c. 20m) just NE of the graveyard (WA027-041002-). Situated in pasture on a plateau around Rathmoylan church (WA027-041001-) overlooking an E-W stream c. 30m to the to the N. Earthworks around the church were described by Reade (1868-9b, 228, 231) and Power (1890-1, 477) as comprising four or five platforms, rectangular or oval in form. Reade depicted this enclosure as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 25m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE). This was described in 1980 as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 18m NW-SE; c. 7m NE-SW) backing onto a NW-SE field bank (SMR file). The earthworks were removed c. 1983 when several middens (WA027-039002-) were noted (Decie 1983, 57) together with evidence of metal-working (WA027-039003-).
Decie (1983) Old Waterford Society Survey, Decies, No. 24, 42-57.
Power, Rev. P. (1890-91) The ancient ruined churches of Co. Warterford. JRSAI 20-21, 475-82.
Reade, Rev. G. H. (1868-9b) Proceedings. JRSAI, vol. 10, 209-43.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.