Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile Na Móna Uachtarach, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Móna Uachtarach
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.00549, -7.61024
- SMR number
- WA039-005----
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 slight rise of a plateau. Marked as a rectangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a subrectangular grass-covered area (dims. 33m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 1.2-2m; ext. H 1.5-2.4m), which is eroded at NE (Wth 8m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m) and altered in places by the recent addition of spoil. There is an entrance (Wth 2.1m) at NE, but there is no visible fosse.
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 Octeber 2010
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.