Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clomantagh Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clomantagh Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.72865, -7.47913
- SMR number
- KK013-004----
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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)
- 1868 · 4. 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 broad gently sloping terrace along the N side of the Nuenna valley, in reclaimed grass and tillage. There are fair views to the N and good in other directions. An oval area (int. dims. 48m N-S; 39m E-W) bounded by a low, wide earthen bank (Wth at crest 2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.5-2m) and wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 1.5m at base; D 1.2m on N side; D 0.5m on S side). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) in the E quadrant and another, possibly modern (Wth 3m) at the SW. The interior of the monument has been ploughed.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.