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Hilltop enclosure

Shanakill (Decies within Drum By., Aglish Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hilltop enclosure, Shanakill (Decies within Drum By., Aglish 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
Shanakill (Decies within Drum By., Aglish Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.05337, -7.82152
SMR number
WA034-009----

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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

Marked as a circular wood (diam. c. 80m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular field on the 1927 ed. Located in pasture on top of a hill. This is a circular area (int. diam. 75m E-W; 70m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.2-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m), which has external stone-facing at E. There is no visible fosse and an entrance could not be identified.

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.

Revised by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 27 September 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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