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Ringfort - rath

Gortnagap, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gortnagap, 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
Gortnagap
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.64668, -7.49341
SMR number
KK017-003----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Below the crest of the a hill, on the W side of a small stream gully running down the fairly steep NE side of a NW-SE valley, in wet pasture. There are good views in all directions. A circular platform (diam. 44m N-S; 46m E-W) defined by a bank (int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1.5m; Wth 2m) and a steep-sided fosse (Wth 3.5m; D c. 1.2m). There is a slight field bank around the outer edge of the fosse. There is a ramped entrance (Wth 3.5m) in the S quadrant, though no causeway over the fosse which is quite slight in this sector. In the SE quadrant of the interior there are the low foundations of a rectangular building (dims. c. 5m x 3m) defined by a low bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth 1.5m).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 6 May 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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