Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Reevanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reevanagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.71813, -7.12619
- SMR number
- KK015-004----
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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 an E-facing slope in reclaimed arable land. Listed in the SMR (1987) as ‘Enclosure’ and in the RMP (1996) as ‘Enclosure Site’. The monument is in the middle of the field and has been left untouched by reclamation, due to superstition. On inspection in July 1987 this was found to be a large ring-barrow (overall diam. 18m) comprising a platform (diam. 11m; H above fosse 0.2m) a fosse (D 0.4m below outer bank) and an outer bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m). The bank is best preserved at W due to soil creep which may also have affected the bank at E. Locally known as a ‘rath’. Visible on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map as a small circular hachured feature. Erroneously added to the record as a separate monument (KK015-074----).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 14 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.