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Hut site

Ballydowane East, County Waterford, Ireland

The record

Townland
Ballydowane East
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.12914, -7.39836
SMR number
WA032-043001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Identified by Markus Casey who described this monument as a low circular hut site (diam. 3.4m), close to the western edge of a small triangular S-facing promontory fort (WA032-043001-). The area is one of fertile pasture with an unimproved strip of ground along the shore. Sheer 100’ high cliffs surround the promontory fort. (Casey 2001)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 November 2021

Casey, M. 2001 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland: interim report for the Heritage Council. Unpublished specialist report, National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Nearby in the register

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

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