Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rahoonbeak, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahoonbeak
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathownbeg
- Coordinates
- 53.03106, -6.76493
- SMR number
- KD032-043----
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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
Shown on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 70m), and described some years later by Fitzgerald (1899-1902(f), 150-1) as, ‘a rath of large proportions', with the further comment, ‘This rath-crowned eskar (sic) is at the present time being demolished by road contractors for the sake of its material.' By the time of the latest ed. (1910) of the OS 6-inch map, only the E half of the monument is shown (and named ‘Rathowenbeg’) with a quarry to the W. In 1972, a large sand and gravel quarry occupied the site (SMR file). The area was subsequently reclaimed and is now in level tillage.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 07 November 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1899-1902 Killeen Cormac. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 3, 148-63.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Pillar stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.