Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygoran, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygoran
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.35738, -6.57301
- SMR number
- KD011-008----
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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)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In open, gently undulating, mixed tillage and pasture, with a second rath (KD011-009----) c. 60m to the S. Described in 1972 as a circular area (int. diam. 38m) defined by an earthen bank which was almost disappeared at S, and a partly silted-up outer fosse. An entrance was noted at N and the interior sloped slightly down towards the W and contained a large ESB pylon on a concrete base in the SE sector. The monument was revisited in 1985 but no visible surface trace survived (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.