Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Ballynaraha, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaraha
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.10363, -7.91242
- SMR number
- WA029-018----
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 large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 75-80m) on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in pasture towards the top of a SE-facing slope, with a steeper slope down to the WNW-ESE River Bride c. 300m to the S. It is not visible at ground level.
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
Date of upload: 19 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Mine1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.