Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Monablanchameen, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monablanchameen
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.67152, -7.50643
- SMR number
- KK017-001----
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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
At the NW end of small NW-SE valley, a little below the crest of a hill, with land sloping fairly gently to the valley floor to the S and SW, in wet pasture. There are moderate views within the valley. A circular enclosure (diam. 35m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by a bank (int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H 1m; Wth 1.5m). In the flat interior there is a pit (dims. 4m N-S x 6m E-W; D c. 60m) at the centre and a possible house platform SE of centre, consisting of a slight rectangular depression (dims. 3m NE-SW x 5m NW-SE; D 0.2m) orientated NW-SE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.