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Ringfort - rath

Rathreagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathreagh, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathreagh
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.79227, -7.58300
SMR number
KK008-014----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 edge of high flat ground above a river valley in rolling grassland. There are good views from this monument, especially over the valley to the W. A circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) and external fosse (Wth c. 4m; D c. 0.2-0.3m) which is best preserved at W and elsewhere is evident as a wide band of rough vegetation. There is an original entrance (Wth c. 2.5m) at SW. On Digitalglobe imagery (viewed 27 September 2017) the monument has a roughly square (dims. c. 40-44m) buffer area around it and the surrounding field is under tillage.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 27 September 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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