Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bayswell, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bayswell
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.76492, -7.62118
- SMR number
- KK008-142----
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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 top of a N-S ridge overlooking lower land to E and W, in rolling grassland. A medieval church (KK008-066001-) and graveyard (KK008-066002-) c. 30m to the S. A circular area (int. diam. c. 32m) enclosed by low, wide earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 1m), external fosse (Wth 4-5m; D 0.8m) and smaller outer bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.6m). There is a possible entrance at the SE. The interior is divided in two by a low bank which extends N-S, with two-thirds of the interior to the W and one-third to the E. The enclosing elements in the W quadrant of the monument has been disturbed by small-scale quarrying. A pair of banks extend southward from the outer bank to link with the church and graveyard to the S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 January 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.