Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Nymphhall, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Nymphhall
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15578, -6.98863
- SMR number
- WA027-088----
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
Identified from an aerial survey by Markus Casey who described this possible promontory fort as a large subrectangular ridge-backed S-facing headland, now part of a golf course, juts into Dunmore Bay. From the air the cropmark of a wide straight levelled bank or wall can be seen traversing the broad neck of the promontory. A short length of what looks like an overgrown earthen bank remains in the centre. The area is now landscaped and generally is one of rolling fertile pasture. 50' high sheer sandstone cliffs surround the monument and a steep overgrown slope to the W allows access to a sheltered cove. It is located opposite the (possibly) defended promontory on which the castle (WA027-034----) stands overlooking Dunmore Bay and the town. (Casey 2001)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 November 2021
References
Casey, M. 2001 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland: interim report for the Heritage Council. Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.