Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database WA032-014 (None)
NMR: WA 032 (None)
SM: None
NGR: None
X: 638828 Y: 597555 (IRENET95)
The site is located c. 2km SE of Stradbally on the SE coast of Co. Waterford. It is situated on a small coastal promontory projecting SE from the mainland at an altitude of 18m OD. Depicted as 'entrenchment' on first edition OS six-inch map (1840) with two enclosing elements also shown. It is cut off at the N end by an earthen bank running for c. 40m across the headland in an E/W direction. It measures 11.5m in width rising 3.9m over an external ditch. Described by Westropp as Çcapped with a mass of stones thrown together with no trace of building or facing' (1914, 205). The bank has an external ditch measuring 14m wide at the top and 5m at the base. It is c. 3.2m deep and is separated by a berm (Wth 8.5m) from a low outer bank (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 0.2m; int. H 0.8m). An entrance (Wth 2m) is recorded through the inner bank with a slight causeway across the ditch (Westropp 1906, 251-2; 1914-16, 204). The interior (dims. 42m N-S; c. 10m E-W) is flat and there are no recorded internal features such as hut-sites (Moore 1999).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -827428 Y: 6823394 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -7.432907890645829 Latitude: 52.12850126615092 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Republic of Ireland
Current County or Unitary Authority: Waterford
Historic County: Waterford
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Ballyvoony
Heavily eroded
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small coastal promontory cut off at the N end by a bank and an external ditch. Headland projects SE from the mainland at an altitude of 18m OD.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✓ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✓ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: None
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 18.0m
N/A
There is no dating available for the site.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
Site depicted as 'Entrenchment' on first edition six-inch map (1840). Visited by Westropp in 1906, who noted strong entrenchment and a slight outer mound (bank), with 'the convexity as usual towards the land' (1906, 251). Site inspected in 1989 for the compilation of the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford (Moore 1999, 65).
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1840): | First edition six-inch map |
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1906): | Westropp |
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1914): | Westropp |
| Earthwork Survey (1989): | Moore |
There are no recorded internal features
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
An entrance (Wth 2m) is recorded through the inner bank with a slight causeway across the ditch
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North): | Gap through inner bank with causeway across external ditch |
Promontory cut off at the N end by an earthen bank (Wth 11.5m; int. H 3m; ext. H 3.9m), described by Westropp as «capped with a mass of stones thrown together with no trace of building or facing (1914, 205). The bank has an external ditch (Wth of top 14m; Wth of base 5m; ext. D 3.2m), separated by a berm (Wth 8.5m) from a low outer bank (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 0.2m; int. H 0.8m). Defences enclose an area of approximately 0.12ha
| Area 1: | 0.12ha. |
| Total: | 0.12ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.15ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Character of the low external bank beyond the berm is uncertain, and if no more than an old field fence, the berm does not exist
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✓ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Moore, M. 1999. Archaeological inventory of County Waterford, 64-8. The stationary Office, Dublin.
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.
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.
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