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Ringfort - rath

Maudlin (Fassadinin By., Kilmacar ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Maudlin, 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
Maudlin (Fassadinin By., Kilmacar ED)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.76276, -7.24594
SMR number
KK010-043001-

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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 gently sloping terrace a little below crest of hills to W and N, in rolling grassland, on the W side of Dinin river valley. There are good views in all directions. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and subsequent 1947 revision. It was subsequently levelled and appears as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGG076, 16 July 1971). It is visible on Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 5 December 2018) as a circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by bank, fosse and outer bank. The outer defenses are particularly clear in the SE quadrant. The SW perimeter has been truncated by a field boundary running NW-SE. According to tradition there was a castle (KK010-043002-) on Maudlin moat, but it is unclear whether this castle was on this monument or another enclosure (KK010-062----) c. 180m to the SW (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 203; O'Kelly 1969, 46-7).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 5 December 2018

References

O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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