Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Donaghmore Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donaghmore Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.74131, -7.53869
- SMR number
- KK008-117----
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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
In level, good grassland. A partially levelled ringfort (dims. c. 31m N-S; c. 29m E-W on 25-inch OS map), only a portion of the W bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) survives as an arc in the field boundary which runs roughly N-S up to the monument, kinking around the W quadrant. The N-E-S sections of the bank have been levelled but are still visible as differential grass colour (Wth 2m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.