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Ringfort - rath

Tullaroan, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Tullaroan, 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
Tullaroan
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.65820, -7.43579
SMR number
KK018-030----

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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

On a SE-facing slope in a valley, in pasture. The medieval church of Tullaroan (KK018-032001-) is located c. 100m to the E. The field where this monument is located is named as ‘Moat Field’ on the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map and the monument was known locally as ‘the moat’ (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 495). A flat-topped raised circular ringfort (diam. at top 28m; H 4-6m), being higher in the SW sector as dictated by the natural slope. There is a raised entrance in the E quadrant (Wth 3m). A depression (dims. 11m N-S; 9m E-W; D 2m) at the W side is possibly a result of landscaping, as immediately in front of the depression, at the edge of the slope of the ringfort, there is a tree-planted windbreak. There are some mature trees growing in the interior. The raised nature of this monument and its close proximity to the medieval church suggests that this may be a ringwork rather than a ringfort.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 1 March 2017

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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