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Ringfort - rath

Mohil, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Mohil, 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
Mohil
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.73438, -7.25324
SMR number
KK014-015003-

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On top of a flat-topped hill on the E side of the Dinin river valley, in rolling pasture. There are commanding views in all directions. Another ringfort (KK014-016----) is located c. 20m to the S. There is a tradition of a church (KK014-015001-) and graveyard (KK014-015002-) within the interior (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 458-9; O'Kelly 1985, 44). A roughly circular area (diam. c. 65m) defined by a much denuded stoney bank (int. H 0.65m; ext H 1.4m; overall Wth 4m; Wth at crest 2m), flattened V-shaped fosse (Wth 1.75m; D 1.7m), substantial outer bank (ext. H 1.4m; overall Wth 6m) and an almost entirely infilled outer fosse (Wth 5m). There is an original entrance (Wth 4-5m) through both banks at the NE and a modern entrance (Wth 2m) at the SE. The interior, which slopes towards the NE, is overgrown with scrub and partially planted in conifers.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 13 May 2020

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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