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Ringfort - cashel

Marley Or Knockduff, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Marley Or Knockduff, County Carlow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Marley Or Knockduff
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
NULL
Coordinates
52.52007, -6.89491
SMR number
CW024-040----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Approximately circular area (diam. 31m) enclosed by very ruined remains of stone wall obscured by field clearance debris. Two courses of stone facing visible internally at NE. Wall replaced at W by field boundary. Low bank of grass-covered collapse visible from E-S-W, 3-4m outside stone wall. Gaps at NW and SSW, original entrance not identifiable.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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