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Ringfort - rath

Gorteennamuck, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gorteennamuck, 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
Gorteennamuck
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.77841, -7.48748
SMR number
KK009-005----

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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 a hill in an area of rock outcrop and scrubland recently cleared for grazing. Good views to W. A sub-circular area (int. diam. 30.3m) enclosed by a flat-topped, stoney bank and narrow fosse. Bank (ext. H 1.5m; max. Wth 3.4m) best preserved from E-S-W; to NW-W it is heavily overgrowth and overlain with field clearance material. Fosse (Wth 1.1m) is discernible from SE-S-SW-W; elsewhere it has been infilled. Near the centre, in the SE quadrant there is a house site (KK009-005001-). Possible entrance visible to NW (Wth 3.1m) may have been widened by livestock. Adjoining the fosse to N and S are field walls (KK009-005002-) employing large blocks of rock outcrop which may be of considerable antiquity. There is a large enclosure (KK009-092----) immediately to the S.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 14 May 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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