Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Balleen Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balleen Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.75039, -7.42752
- SMR number
- KK009-042----
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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 lower slopes of a NW-SE valley, at transition to valley floor, in rolling grassland. There are fair views across and along the valley but views are impeded by rising ground to the SW. A roughly circular area (int. dims. 48m N-S; 43m E-W) enclosed by a wall of tumbled boulders (Wth c. 7-8m; H 1.6m). There are two entrances, an enlarged entrance at E (Wth c. 5m) and another one (Wth 2m) at the NNE. The interior is flat, with a slight drop to the E along the E perimeter.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.