Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glashare, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glashare
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.79128, -7.50617
- SMR number
- KK008-028----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On the valley floor, above the flood plain, in flat pasture. There are good views in all directions. A roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 28m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H c. 1.4m) with original entrance (Wth 2m) at S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 September 2017
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.