Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Newport West, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newport West
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01631, -7.87828
- SMR number
- WA034-032----
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 small rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 25m N-S; c. 20m E-W) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a SW-facing slope at t a point where the slope increases dramatically. A slight subcircular depression (diam. 19m) is visible in a cereal crop.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.