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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70721, -7.46832
- SMR number
- KK013-037----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Near the S end of a flat ridge which rises towards the N, in pasture with rock outcrop close to the surface. Land drops away sharply from E-S-W to a series of small valleys. There are good to fair views in all directions. Ringfort identified on GSI aerial photograph (S 454). A roughly circular level area (diam. 26m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m). The flat interior is lower than the surrounding field level. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) in the S quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.