Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaslee, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaslee
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.81324, -7.37133
- SMR number
- KK004-034----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Set on slight terrace in hills on W side of River Nore valley, in rolling grassland. Land slopes steeply up to W and down to E. Good views N-S along valley and E across the valley. Originally circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by slight earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H c. 0.4m). The W side of the monument has been destroyed, leaving a horseshoe-shaped area (max. dims. 30m N-S; 15m E-W).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 16 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.