Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Glashare, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glashare
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.78594, -7.50337
- SMR number
- KK008-031----
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 break in slope between a steep hillside and gentle valley, in pasture. There are good views to the N, S and W. The E side is overlooked by higher land. Indicated on the 1900 ed. OS 6-inch map as large circular bivallate ringfort (int. diam. c. 36m; overall c. 50m) . The monument was levelled in 1985 and is not visible at ground level except for a noticeable hollow.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 2 October 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.