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Ringfort - rath

Kilmoney North, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilmoney North, County Kildare, 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
Kilmoney North
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.22287, -6.95391
SMR number
KD017-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On level, mixed pasture and tillage. Shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area (ext. diam. c. 70m) defined by a bank, which by 1908, as shown on the latest ed. the map, had been altered into an oval area (ext. diams. c. 70m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Described in 1955 as a slightly raised area defined by a bank and fosse, which by 1957 had been levelled and ploughed during land reclamation works (SMR file). The monument is visible as a low, oval area (ext. diams. c. 60m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) defined by a long, low scarp (max. H 1m).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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