Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gowlaun, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowlaun
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.00761, -7.64534
- SMR number
- WA039-001----
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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 the E-facing slope of the NW-SE Ballymacart river valley, with the stream c. 100m to the E. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 24.3m N-S; 23.9m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank best preserved downslope at E (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.5m; max. ext. H 2m). The bank does not survive SSW-WNW where there is a scarp (H 0.5m) down to the interior. There is no visible fosse or 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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 17 October 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.