Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Ballynaharda, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaharda
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.98597, -7.60728
- SMR number
- WA039-014----
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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 on a coastal promontory jutting S from the mainland. It is called ‘Rinanillaun’ and defended at N by an earthen bank (Wth 7-8m; int. H 2.5m; ext. H 1.2m) separated by a berm (Wth 1m) from a fosse (Wth of top 12m; int. D 2m; ext. D 4m; total L c. 12m). A causeway (Wth 1.5m) crosses the fosse towards the centre. The interior slopes down to the S (dims. 58m N-S; 3-10m E-W). Outside the fort the promontory continues to the N (L c. 22m) to a point where the sea narrows the promontory (Wth c. 16m), but this point is not defended; instead a path passes S through this isthmus and leads down to the sea on the W side of the promontory. (Westropp 1914-16, 201-2)
Westropp, T. J. (1914-16) Fortified 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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.