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
- 52.71653, -7.45138
- SMR number
- KK013-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In forestry, in an area of poor land. The ground slopes down to the Nuenna river valley in the N. A roughly circular area (diam. 23m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 1.8-3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m at S to 2m at N) with very slight traces of an external fosse (Wth 2m). Entrance (Wth 2.2m) at ESE. Interior slopes to N with natural fall of ground.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.