Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Johnswell,carrigeen (gowran By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnswell,carrigeen (gowran By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.70476, -7.17819
- SMR number
- KK015-008----
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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 a slight NW-SE ridge in rolling grassland, on the SW-facing margins of Castlecomer plateau. An oval enclosure (diam. c. 35m N-S x c. 40m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth at crest 1.5m; overall Wth 5.5m; int. H c. 0.8-m; ext. H 1.15-1.7m) and outer fosse (Wth c. 3m; D c. 0.25-0.8m). The interior was too heavily overgrown to allow accurate measurements but appeared fairly flat and featureless. There are three gaps in the bank, in the N (Wth 3m), NE (Wth 4m) and W (Wth 1.5m), the northern one being modern.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.