Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Canty, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Canty
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.09885, -7.73182
- SMR number
- WA030-021----
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 an enclosure on the 1840 and 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch man and situated in an undulating landscape. Circular platform (diam. 28m) with slight traces of a fosse at N. It is planted with coniferous 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.
Date of upload/revision: 11th August, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Caveunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.