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Ballynarrid

Waterford, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR0957

Location

Atlas number
IR0957 (957)
Country
Republic of Ireland
Current county or unitary authority
Waterford
Historic county
Waterford
Parish, community, or townland
Ballynarid
Latitude
52.12977
Longitude
-7.39080
Altitude
12 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.21 ha
Footprint
0.21 ha

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
south
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1840); 1st Identified Written Reference (1906); Earthwork Survey (1914); Earthwork Survey (1989)

Identifiers

HER
Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA032-016001
National record
record WA 032
Wikidata
Q31082842

Sources

References

  1. Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological inventory of County Waterford, 64-8. The stationary Office, Dublin.
  2. Mulholland, J. 1976 The vanished medieval settlements of Templeybrick. Decies 2, 5-8.
  3. Westropp, T.J. 1906 Notes on certain promontory forts in the counties of Waterford and Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 36, 239-58.
  4. Westropp, T.J. 1914-16 Fortified headlands and castles on the south coast of Munster: Part II, from Ardmore to Dunmore, Co. Waterford. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 32C, 188-227.