Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissaniska, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissaniska
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.97952, -7.76308
- SMR number
- WA038-025----
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
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Overgrown oval area (dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 23m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4-2m) with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (at NNE: Wth of base 3.5m; D c. 1m). There is no visible entrance.
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: 10th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.