Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Craggs, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craggs
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.03882, -7.81499
- SMR number
- WA034-022001-
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
Located at the crest of the SW-facing slope of a broad hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.2m N-S; 40.2m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-8.5m; int. H 0.3m at N to 1.2m generally; ext. H 1.7m at E to 3m at W) and outer fosse (Wth of top 5-7m; Wth of base 2.2-2.5m; D 0.5-1m), with an external field bank S-W. The original entrance is not identified. A souterrain (WA034-022002-) is c. 8m W of the centre.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.