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Ringfort - rath

Moneynamuck (Stopford), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Moneynamuck (Stopford), County Kilkenny, 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
Moneynamuck (Stopford)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.79893, -7.55333
SMR number
KK003-020----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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 an E-W ridge in the Goul river valley in rolling grassland. Land falls away on all sides, though rises gently a short distance to the NE. An oval-shaped ringfort (diam. 22m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by scarp (H 2.4m) and a largely infilled external fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.2-0.5m). Partially enclosing the top of the monument from S-N is a broad, flat-topped bank (Wth 5-7m; H 0.6m) with a central hollow (dims. c. 8m N-S; c. 9m E-W) which opens onto the E quadrant. The S, W and N sides of this hollow have a stone revetment. There is a small rectangular hollow (dims. 3-4m) cut into the N bank.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 2 February 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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