Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Baile Na Móna íochtarach, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Móna íochtarach
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Entrenchment
- Coordinates
- 51.99702, -7.58333
- SMR number
- WA039-013----
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 coastal promontory jutting E from the mainland. The promonntory is defended at W by a section of rock outcrop (Wth c. 15m; int. H 2.4m; ext. H 2.8m) surmounted by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 1m) with an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 12m; Wth of base 2m; D below rock outcrop 2.8m; ext. D 1.8m). There is a causeway (Wth 6-9m; L 9m) N of the rock outcrop and a rock-cut fosse (L 10m; Wth of top 8m; D 1-2m) N of the causeway (total L of fosse 30m). The interior is rectangular in plan (dims. 22m N-S; 20m E-W). (Westropp 1914-16, 202-3)
Westropp, T. J. (1914-16) Fortiified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster. PRIA C vol. 32, 188-227.
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 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Signal towerunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.