Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinroad (decies Within Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinroad (decies Within Drum By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 51.99911, -7.62493
- SMR number
- WA039-004----
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 in pasture on a plateau. Marked as a rectangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 45m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) incorporating field banks at SW and NW on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a raised, subcircular, grass and fern-covered area (dims. 39m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.5-6m; int. H 1-1.5m; ext. H 2.5-3.5m) SE-NNE and a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere. An outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8-10m; Wrth of base 3.8-5.5m; D 1-2.2m) survives SSW-N. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is skirted by field banks at SW and NW.
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.
Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 17 )ctober 2010
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.