Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathpatrick (galmoy By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathpatrick (galmoy By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.78465, -7.63023
- SMR number
- KK008-002----
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
On a natural rise in flat, wet, boggy pasture with a good view across the entire area. Since the monument was inspected in 1987 this and surrounding fields were planted in forestry. A buffer zone was left around the monument. The monument was fairly heavily overgrown with trees and shrubs. A roughly circular raised ringfort (diam. c. 17.5m; H c. 1.4m) with a slight bank (int. H c. 0.2-0.3m) on the outer edge of the platform. The monument has been quarried on its S side. There is no entrance.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 September 2017
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.