Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brownstown (knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brownstown (knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.68153, -7.22502
- SMR number
- KK014-068----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 a terrace on the W side of a valley running N-S, with land dropping down to the valley floor to the E, in waterlogged pasture. There are fair to good views in all directions. An oval, raised area (diam. 30m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m; Wth 3m) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m). The monument is very overgrown and the interior waterlogged. Some drainage has been put in at the lower side of the monument (Doyle 1981).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 June 2020
References
Doyle, J. 1981 A study of raths in the area north of Kilkenny city. National Museum of Ireland topographical files.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.