Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lackensillagh, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackensillagh
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04853, -7.81159
- SMR number
- WA034-011----
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 an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 44m E-W) incorparating a road bank SE-S on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a S-N spur.This is an oval grass-covered area (dims. 33m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.1m at W to 1m at E (downslope)). It is truncated (L 14m) by an E-W farm lane at S.
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.
Date of upload: 27th September 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.