Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilnafrehan East, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnafrehan East
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.12544, -7.60725
- SMR number
- WA031-010----
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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 on top of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 1-1.5m) NNE-SE which is curtailed by a NE-SW field bank at NW and reduced to a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere. An entrance (Wth 1.5m) at E might not be original and only slight traces of an outer fosse survive. A rath (WA031-011----) is immediately adjacent to the SW.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.