Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Foulksrath (fassadinin By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foulksrath (fassadinin By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74993, -7.32048
- SMR number
- KK010-055007-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In the Nore river valley, in tillage. There are a number of ring-ditches in the vicinity (KK010-053001- to KK010-053003-; KK010-054----; KK010-055001- to KK010-055009----; KK010-142----; KK010-152----; KK010-162---- and KK010-187----). Identified as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 10m) on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG048 and BGG049, 16 July 1971; BOD006 and BOD007, 10 July 1973).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 11 December 2018
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.