Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyknock Upper, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyknock Upper
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.12937, -7.63362
- SMR number
- WA031-004001-
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 crest of the S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.3m at N to 1.8m at S (downslope)) NNW-ENE and SSE-WSW, a curved stone field wall WSW-NNW and a scarp at E. There is no visible fosse or entrance. It is conjoined with, but later than, rath (WA031-004002-), which is immediately to the E.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.