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Ringfort - rath

Adamstown Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Adamstown Lower, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Adamstown Lower
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.70826, -7.42535
SMR number
KK013-047----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 W side of the N-S portion of a valley predominantly orientated NE-SW. Land drops steeply E to the valley floor and initially rises gently to the W and then more steeply, in pasture. There are good views to the N, E and S and to the W is limited to the side of the valley. A roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 41m N-S; c. 37m E-W; overall diam. c. 55m N-S; c. 46m E-W) enclosed by a bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.7m; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 3m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.9m).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 20 March 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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