Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Martinstown (ballyshannon Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Martinstown (ballyshannon Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10759, -6.85220
- SMR number
- KD028-044----
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
In the year 2000 the upstanding monument was described as following; 'Near the top of a long, gentle W-facing pasture slope. A poorly preserved circular area (diam. 46m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3-4.5m; H 0.2-0.4m) SSE-W-NE, with faint traces of an outer fosse, partially recut as a later field drain along the W'. Recent aerial photographs visible on Digital Globe indicate that today there are no surface remains visible of this monument which has been levelled since last site visit in 2000.
Compiled and revised by: Gearóid Conroy and Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 23 May 2015
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.