Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathealy, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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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
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.