Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Baile Uí Raghallaigh, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Uí Raghallaigh
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.05015, -7.55991
- SMR number
- WA036-011----
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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. 30-35m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture on a gentle N-facing slope, it is not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (01E0478) in the vicinity during 2001 (Tierney 2003) and during 2006 (06E0943) (Hackett 2009b) failed to produce any related material.
Hackett, L. (2009b) Ballyriely. No archaeological significane. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 525-6, No. 1970. Wordwell. Dublin.
Tierney, J. (2003) Ballyreilly, Ring. Enclosure. In Bennett, (ed.) Excavations 2001: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 388-9, No. 1245. Wordwell. Bray.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.