Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathreagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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----
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 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 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.