Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gorteennamuck, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteennamuck
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.77511, -7.49196
- SMR number
- KK008-064----
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 slight terrace on the N slope of a river valley, in rolling pasture. There are good views to E, S and W but monument is overlooked by higher land to the N. The monument is indicated as an oval enclosure (overall dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 48m E-W) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with a NW-SE field boundary running into the N quadrant and a N-S field boundary running into the S quadrant. On the 1900 ed. of the OS 6-inch map the W side appears to be truncated by a field boundary and the E half has been incorporated into a field boundary, resulting in a roughly rectangular area being defined (dims. c. 45m N-S and NE-SW), enclosed by a slight earth and stone bank, which is partially incorporated into the later field walls.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 October 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.