Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gorteennamuck, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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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 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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.