Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Fountain, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fountain
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Clais na Laoigh
- Coordinates
- 52.08521, -7.92007
- SMR number
- WA029-036----
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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 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, the name means the 'trench of the calf'. Situated in pasture in the valley of the Bride River. It is described by Power (1905, 121-2; 1952, 28) as a depression which was the traditional S terminus of the 'Rian bó Phadraig' (WA012-007----/WA011-010----/WA020-028----) where a calf thief was killed. 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: 10 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.