Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kyleballynamoe, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kyleballynamoe
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.71634, -7.45575
- SMR number
- KK013-038----
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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 the edge of woodland, on a terrace on the steep S slopes of the Nuenna river valley. Monument tree covered. There are good views to the E and W and across the valley to the N, view S limited by rising ground. A roughly circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by a low stoney earthen bank (overall Wth 3.5m; Wth at crest 1m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.9m) and narrow external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m). Within the NE quadrant of the flat interior there are the foundations of a rectangular building (ext. dims. 7m SSE-NNW x 5m ENE-WSW) defined by a low stone walling (Wth 1m; H 0.3m) with a number of large rectangular blocks of stone. There is an entrance (Wth 1m) at its NE end. There is also a large boulder in the S portion of the ringfort.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.