Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaslee, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaslee
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.81096, -7.36595
- SMR number
- KK004-007----
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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)
- 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 between terrace just above flood plain of the River Nore and steeper upper slopes. Circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by much degraded earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m at crest; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.8m) with external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D c. 0.4m). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) at W. There is a small pond on the N side of the ringfort and a limekiln immediately to the SW of the monument.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.