Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballygowney, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygowney
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.77370, -7.45149
- SMR number
- KK009-020001-
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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 the crest of a hill in rolling grassland. There are good views N and S along the ridge and across the valleys to the SE and NW. A roughly oval raised platform (diam. 35m E-W, 32m N-S; H c. 1.5-1.8m) enclosed by fosse (Wth 4m; D c. 0.3m) which survives best at S but is barely traceable on the other side. The interior is slightly dished (D c. 0.2-0.3m) and is evidently fairly wet in the winter months, with reeds growing in interior. There is an entrance (Wth c. 4m) in the SSE which has probably been widened.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 31 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.