Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cave
Ballynamintra Middle, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamintra Middle
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cave
- Coordinates
- 52.11313, -7.75403
- SMR number
- WA030-015003-
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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
Situated in limestone outcrop that slopes down steeply to the S and W (H c. 15m). An enclosure (WA030-015001-) surrounds the opening (dims. c. 15m N-S; c. 10m E-W) to the cave caused by the collapse of part of the roof. It was investigated by R. J. Ussher in 1881. The entrance was concealed and blocked with habitation debris including the bones of cattle, pig, deer, and fowl. Artefacts included lignite bracelets, bone pins, combs and spindle whorls dating to the 1st millenium AD. The cave is a large T-shaped space extending S from the opening. (Ussher 1885, 362-5)
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: 11 August, 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.