Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newport West, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newport West
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.01977, -7.87429
- SMR number
- WA034-030----
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 on a shelf at the S end of a N-S spur, with a N-S stream c. 400m to the W. Overgrown subcircular area (dims. c. 26m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.3m) with slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth of top 5m; D 0.2m). The bank does not survive SE-SW, and there is no identifiable entrance. Earthwork (WA034-029----) is c. 90m to the W, and rath (WA034-031----) is c. 60m to the 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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 02 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.