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Ballynarrid

Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0955

Location

Atlas number
IR0955 (955)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Waterford
Historic county
Waterford
Parish, community, or townland
Ballynarrid
Latitude
52.13097
Longitude
-7.38282
Altitude
30 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.25 ha
Footprint
0.33 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); Earthwork Survey (1989)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA024-068
National record
record WA 024
Wikidata
Q31082835

Sources

References

  1. Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological inventory of County Waterford, 64-8. The stationary Office, Dublin