Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newengland, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newengland
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.68458, -7.44917
- SMR number
- KK013-075----
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
On the E side of the highest point of a narrow flat-topped ridge between two small N-S valleys, in reclaimed grassland. There are very good views in all directions. The monument is heavily overgrown.
A roughly circular area (diam. 42m) enclosed by a flat-topped bank (int. H 1.8m; ext. H 3m; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 4.5m), external flat-bottomed steep-sided fosse (Wth 3m; D 2m) and counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.5m; Wth 1.5m). There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) through both banks in the E quadrant.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.