Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Sevensisters, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sevensisters
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.73545, -7.52146
- SMR number
- KK008-123----
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 fairly steeply sloping upper valley sides but below the very steep uplands, in rough rolling pasture. A possible concentric enclosure (KK008-122001-) is located c. 150m to the N. There are good views, except to the E where the monument is overlooked by higher ground. A roughly circular area (diam. 32m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.45m; ext. H 1.8m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; D c. 0.8m), which is very substantial at S. Original entrance (Wth c. 2.5m) at SE. There are two semi-circular sunken hollows (max. diam. 15m) in the SE sector of the interior, possibly modern.
Nearby in the register
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.