Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Raheennagun, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheennagun
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.66871, -7.28006
- SMR number
- KK019-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Indicated on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1945-6 revision as a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 42m) with a wide external fosse (Wth 7-10m). A townland boundary runs along the edge of the NE sector and a field boundary runs NE-SW along the NW edge of the monument. It is described by O'Kelly (1969, 24) as a 'partly-demolished rath'. The interior is covered in grass with some trees and scrub encroaching.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 September 2020
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.