Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lacken (decies Without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lacken (decies Without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.11986, -7.59995
- SMR number
- WA031-013----
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 on a steep S-facing slope. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 42m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) NE-SE and SW-NW, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 8.2m; D 0.6m) SW-NW. The bank is reduced to scarp SE-SW and a scarp down to the interior NW-NE. There is a ramp entrance, probably modern, at SE. An old N-S roadway defined by stone walls bisects the interior.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.