Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Blackbottom, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackbottom
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.69751, -7.46424
- SMR number
- KK013-057----
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
At the S end of a small valley running roughly N-S, at the junction of the flat valley floor and the moderately steep W slope, in reclaimed grassland. There are good views in all directions, though except the view to N, the others are confined to the valley. An enclosure defined by a bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m; Wth at crest 1m; overall Wth 5m). It is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-rectangular area (dims. c. 43m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) with rounded angles, with a field boundary running roughly N-S W of the enclosure and kinking out slightly to avoid it. On the 1900 revision only the N half of the monument (dims. c. 30m N-S and E-W). A NE-SW field boundary had been created slightly S of centre across the enclosure and the S portion levelled. The W field boundary no longer kinks but runs along the W bank. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) in the NW sector. The level interior is heavily overgrown with trees and scrub.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 March 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.