Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Swiftsheath, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Swiftsheath
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK010-114----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 197) records that, 'Part of Swiftsheath is called Bawn-Ribinaedh (Bán-Roibinéid), or Robnet's Bawn; there was here, formerly, a Leaba Dhiarmada a's Ghrainne, but it has been destroyed. The precise location of this megalithic structure within the townland is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 January 2019
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
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