Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Toor North, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toor North
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04755, -7.75053
- SMR number
- WA035-005----
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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 circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a shelf on a NW-facing slope overlooking a S-N stream c. 80m distant to the W and an E-W stream c. 230m to the N. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims. 31m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-1m) SW-N--NE (downslope), with a scarp down to the interior (max. H 0.6m) elsewhere. It is surrounded by a field bank SW-NNE.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Burnt mound2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.