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Ringfort - rath

Bayswell, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Bayswell, 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
Bayswell
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.77873, -7.62567
SMR number
KK008-035----

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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

Just below crest of hill on a N-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, in rough pasture. There are good views in all directions except upslope to the S. A circular enclosure (diam. 28.35m N-S; 30.1m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth at crest 1.3-1.4m; overall Wth 2.9-4.5m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.9-1.2m) and wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.45m). The bank has a very high stone content in places, consisting of small boulders and large stones in a clay matrix. The fosse is evident in SW-S-SE sector, with stone defining the outer edge of the fosse. There is also a slight fosse in the W quadrant where there is a possible entrance (Wth c. 1.8-2m) with a slight causeway (H 0.25m) over the fosse. There is a hawthorn tree growing in the N side of entrance. There are hawthorn trees growing around the complete circuit of the bank. The interior is flat and grass-covered.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 11 September 2018

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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