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Ringfort - rath

Deerpark East, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Deerpark East, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Deerpark East
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.12171, -7.91194
SMR number
WA029-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Recorded as a 'Danish fort' on a 1773 Scalé map (NLI: ms. 7217, 4), and marked faintly as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. This is a D-shaped, grass-covered area (dims. 60m N-S; 43m E-W) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.7m) except at SE-SW where traces of a fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.3m) are evident. The perimeter is slightly curtailed by a N-S field bank at W. In 2020 a souterrain (WA029-002001-) was identified in the N quadrant of the ringfort.

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.

Revised by: Michael Moore and Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 3 February 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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