Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monagally West, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monagally West
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.04253, -7.78917
- SMR number
- WA035-030----
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 broad hill, with a SE-NW stream c. 150m to the E. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 40m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; H 0.4-0.5m N-E to Wth 4.8-5.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m S-W). There is no visible fosse, and the entrance (Wth 1.15m) is at E. The perimeter has been straightened NE-E (L 18m) and there is a secondary entrance (Wth 2.6m) at NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 November, 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.