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Castle - motte

Gallowshill (Decies without Drum By., Kilrush Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Gallowshill (Decies without Drum By., Kilrush Par.), County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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