The Ballindysert or Rathgormack Formation View across the wooded rim of the Formation over the hidden Suir Valley towards Slievenamon. Carrickatobar and Toor Hills are seen centre-right. The Ballindysert or Rathgormack Formation is a low platform, averaging about 150 metres elevation, perched above the Suir Valley in north Waterford, stretching for over 20 kilometres from a little east of Harney`s Cross in Glenpatrick to Portlaw. The platform can clearly be seen from Knockanaffrin Ridge, or along the Military Road in Glenpatrick, to the south. Everywhere the platform is fairly flat, if a little undulating. Near Glenpatrick it is characterised by a few low hills, most of them wooded e.g. Raven`s Rock, Carrickatobar, Toor or Carrigcaum. Further east, beyond Ardmore or Windgap, the soil improves, the elevation drops a little towards Carrick-on-Suir and Portlaw, and there is more rolling farm land. The Rim A particularly striking feature seen along most of the Formation`s length is the r