Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tubbrid Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tubbrid Upper
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.71401, -7.46954
- SMR number
- KK013-036----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the upper of two terraces along the SW side of the Nuenna river valley, in pasture. To the N there is the gully of a small stream running down into the Nuenna river. There are very good views in all directions, except to the E where the land rises and to the NE where the other side of the gully rises up to higher land. The ringfort slopes gently to the N.
A roughly circular area (diam. 20m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (overall Wth 2m; Wth at crest 0.75m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) with wide external fosse (Wth 1m; D 1m). The outer face of the bank and inner side of fosse appear to have been originally stone-revetted, though this has largely collapsed into the fosse. There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m) in the SE quadrant with a large boulder defining the S side.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.