Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Downings North, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Downings North
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rath
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.28919, -6.77488
- SMR number
- KD013-007----
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 monument is named 'Rath' and shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (est. diam c. 40m). In 1972, it was described as a roughly oval platform-type ringfort (int. diams. 50m E-W; 27m N-S) built on a slight rise, with no trace of a bank or fosse. By 1986, however, only a rise was visible (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.