Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathreagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathreagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.79399, -7.57311
- SMR number
- KK003-015----
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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)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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 a slight N-S ridge within the Goul river valley with good views across undulating grasslands of valley floor. The land drops quite steeply to a small stream to the E. Many of the adjacent fields reclaimed and some cultivated. Circular area (int. diam. 50m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m; overall Wth 2.5m), an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D c. 0.2m) and intermittent outer bank (overall Wth 2.5m; int. H c. 0.6m; ext. H c. 0.2m). Modern quarry holes in N and E sides of otherwise level interior. The E quarry has been largely infilled. No visible original entrance.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 January 2016
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.