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Ringfort - rath

Bayswell, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Bayswell, 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
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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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)
  • 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

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.

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