Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Gallowshill (decies Without Drum By., Kilrush Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gallowshill (decies Without Drum By., Kilrush Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.09061, -7.63390
- SMR number
- WA031-067----
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 the summit of a hill in a low-lying landscape. A standing stone (WA031-075----/WA031-076----) is located c. 110m to the SW. Flat-topped, grass-covered and subcircular earthen mound (dims. of top 13.5m N-S; 8m E-W; dims. of base 39m N-S; 35m E-W; H 5.5-7m), with slight traces of a fosse (max. Wth c. 15m) SW-NW that might be curtailed elsewhere by a masonry wall 4-7m from the base of the mound. It may be a barrow, although some medieval pottery was recovered in the surrounding area (Tracey 1983a).
Tracey, C. M. (1983a) Gallowshill, Dungarvan: a report on the site and recent finds. Decies, No. 22, 5-14.
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.
See attached photographs:
WA031-067----_01 From W
WA031-067----_02 From SW
WA031-067----_03 From NW
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock scribing - folk artunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.