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Ringfort - rath

Rathealy, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathealy, 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
Rathealy
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.68655, -7.44622
SMR number
KK013-074----

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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

Slightly above the floor of a small N-S valley, on the W side, in waterlogged pasture. There are fair-good views along and within the valley. A circular area (diam. 23m) enclosed by a bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m; Wth 2m) and waterlogged external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m). The bank in the NE sector has been removed, elsewhere the bank has been straightened, giving the monument a slightly sub-rectangular form.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 25 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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