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Ringfort - rath

Rathlogan, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathlogan, 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
Rathlogan
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.77200, -7.51417
SMR number
KK008-081----

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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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 above transition from valley to hillside, at the end of a terrace along Rathlogan river valley, in rolling grassland. There are commanding views over the Rathlogan and Goul river valleys. A church (KK008-082001-) and graveyard (KK008-082002-) are located immediately ENE of the ringfort. A circular raised area (max. diam. 41m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 1-2m on E side, 9m on W side; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.6-4m highest in the W-NW), external fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.8m) at E and terrace at W, and an outer bank (Wth at top 1.3m; overall Wth 4.3m; ext. H 0.8m) from SSW-NW. There is stone protruding from the grass-covered outer bank which has been quarried out at the N, where a limekiln was located, and is degraded in the E and S sectors. There are two large hollows in the interior, one in the NW and one is the SW quadrant, supposedly the location of collapsed caves, possibly a souterrain (KK008-081001-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 298) the monument, known as 'Ráth [Ua] Leocháin, or Rath of the O'Leochans', was partially levelled in 1846. This was possibly as a result of quarrying for the limekiln.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 18 September 2018

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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