Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Shanakill (decies Within Drum By., Aglish Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
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----
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
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.