Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Rathornan, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathornan
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.75865, -6.96715
- SMR number
- CW012-043----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Large well preserved monument, consisting of circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by wide fosse (Wth 10m; D 1.5m). Interior is domed but does not rise above surrounding ground level. Field boundary skirts monument from SE-SW-NW, but no definite evidence of external bank.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.