Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fountain, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fountain
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.07850, -7.91264
- SMR number
- WA029-039----
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
Located at the top of a N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 28m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-7m; int. H 0.5m at W to 1.6m at E) with external stone-facing. Slight traces of an outer fosse survive at NW, and the entrance at ESE. It is planted with deciduous trees.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.