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
- 52.78841, -7.60775
- SMR number
- KK008-008----
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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
Situated just below a break in slope between a level plateau and lower valley area, in rolling grassland. A circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a fosse (Wth 3.5m; D c. 0.4-0.5m). When inspected in 1987 much of the interior of the monument had been quarried.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 September 2017
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.