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
- 52.73557, -7.54752
- SMR number
- KK008-118----
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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)
- 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
On a natural terrace above a river flood plain and below higher uplands, in gently rolling, cultivated grassland. There is a fair view in all directions. A roughly circular area (diam. 26m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by steep wide flat-topped earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H c. 1.7m; ext. H c. 2.04m) and wide external fosse (Wth 4-5m; D c. 1m), which is poorly preserved in the W sector. There is an entrance in the N sector but it is possibly modern. The interior is overgrown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.