Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Gortnagap, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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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
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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.