Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killatoor, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killatoor
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.06696, -7.79002
- SMR number
- WA035-001----
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 NW-facing slope, towards the head of a broad SE-NW valley. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 22.4m E-W; 22.3m N-S) defined by an eroded earthen bank (max. Wth at S 4.2m; H 0.5-0.7m), with external stone-facing WNW-NE where it is incorporated into a field bank. The bank is planted with coniferous trees and does not survive NE-SE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance. The interior is eroded by cattle, and there is a shed on the perimeter at E.
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/revision: 6th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.