Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Chapelstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Chapelstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.82619, -6.88961
- SMR number
- CW007-026----
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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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Shown on 1938-9 'OS 6-inch' map as circular area (max. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by bank and attached to enclosed wood. Adjacent wooded area has been cleared and feature, which is possibly nineteenth century landscaping, has been obscured. However, it is regarded locally as an antquity and has not been interfered with. No other tree rings occur in the vicinity.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.