Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Souterrain
Ballyknock Upper, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyknock Upper
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Souterrain
- Coordinates
- 52.12929, -7.63308
- SMR number
- WA031-004003-
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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 in the interior of rath (WA031-004002-). A flat stone (dims. 1.2m x 0.7m) at the centre, and another (dims. 0.9m x 0.7m) c. 6m to the SE may be lintels of a souterrain which, according to local reports, was open in the 1920s.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.