Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lughinny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lughinny
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.69599, -7.47940
- SMR number
- KK013-054----
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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 fairly steep E side of valley, a little above the valley floor, in reclaimed grassland. There are fair to good views in all directions, except upslope to the E. A circular area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 3m) and wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.75m). There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 2.5m) at the NW. The interior was wet and cattle poached when visited in the winter of 1987, with trees growing around the bank and some in the interior.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 March 2020
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.