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
- 52.63823, -7.49748
- SMR number
- KK017-004----
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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
On the fairly gentle S-facing slope of a valley running roughly NE-SW, in reclaimed grassland. There are very good views to the E, S and W and moderate to the N. A roughly circular platform (diam. 42m N-S; 44m E-W) defined by scarp (H 0.5-1.5m) and enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m). There are slight traces of an outer bank, though this may be the remains of a field boundary. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 6m) in the E sector. It has been widened to facilitate farm machinery but it is likely to be the original entrance.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.