Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shanganny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanganny
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.75605, -7.29271
- SMR number
- KK010-059----
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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 broad natural terrace at between the gentle slope of the lower valley side and the steeper upper valley, in rolling grassland. An irregularly shaped area (diam. c. 30m NE-SW) enclosed by low, wide earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.2m). An entrance (Wth c. 5m) at S appears to the original, though widened. Both the perimeter and much of the interior were heavily overgrown at time of inspection. On the 1947 revision of the OS 6-inch map the bank of the enclosure is only depicted in the SE-NW sectors, elsewhere field boundaries, particularly irregular on the E side, define the N-E-SE sectors.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 17 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.