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Ringfort - rath

Glashare, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Glashare, 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
Glashare
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.79613, -7.52452
SMR number
KK003-021----

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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

In rolling grassland on the floor of the Goul river valley, a little above the flood plain. Land drops away slightly to the S and W towards the River Goul. A circular area (diam. c. 29m) enclosed by a stoney bank (Wth at crest c. 1m; overall Wth 3m; int. H c. 0.9m; ext. H c. 0.9m) of irregular stones. A field boundary running NW-SE truncates the SW quadrant and the bank in the SW quadrant has been levelled. A quarry trench (Wth 3m) runs N-S across the centre of the monument and other has damaged the E quadrant. The underlying bedrock is close to the surface of the interior. Also within the interior there is spoil from the quarrying activity as well as dumped material.

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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