Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Seskin North, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seskin North
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80369, -7.37316
- SMR number
- KK004-020----
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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
On the NE bank of a small stream on the floor of the Nore river valley, in marshy grasslands. The low-lying area is intersected by many small stream beds. Land rises gently to W and NW to crest of low hills bordering the Nore valley. A circular area (diam. c. 25m) consisting of a level interior enclosed by earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H c. 1.2m) and external fosse (Wth c. 2.5m; D 0.8-09m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.