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Ringfort - rath

Bewley, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Bewley, 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
Bewley
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.10691, -7.81438
SMR number
WA029-026001-

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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

Situated on a bluff overlooking the NE-SW Finisk River which is c. 20m to the S, and now isolated on a stack (H c. 10m) within a disused quarry. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m). A possible souterrain marked on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map is a natural cave. A midden was investigated at the rath or in its vicinity (Ussher 1885-6) when bones, pottery and what might be a stone maul were found, but the location of the midden cannot be identified now.

Ussher, R. J. (1885-6) A description of objects found in the kitchen middens of raths, JRSAI 17, 362-68.

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: 26 July 2011

References

Ussher, R.J. 1885 A description of objects found in the kitchen middens of raths. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 17, 362-68.

Nearby in the register

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

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