Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballykilduff Lower, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykilduff Lower
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.84049, -6.66353
- SMR number
- CW009-009----
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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
W portion of ringfort has been eroded by adjacent river. Remaining portion suggests a circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by single broad bank with deep external fosse. Entrance not identifiable.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.