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Ringfort - rath

Newtown (Gowran By., Kilkenny Rural ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Newtown, 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
Newtown (Gowran By., Kilkenny Rural ED)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.66976, -7.24154
SMR number
KK019-012----

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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)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On high ground in undulating terrain with good views, in an area which has been left fallow between the sports ground of Kilkenny College to the W and the Golf Club to the E. A poorly preserved circular ringfort (diam. c. 30m). Only the SW quadrant is indicated on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map, with a field boundary running NNW-SSE through the E sector and another running ENE-WSW across the N portion. During works in 1997, associated with the construction of the rugby pitch, the W portion of the enclosure was damaged and the fosse (Wth c. 5m; D c. 2m) exposed. The fosse was filled with three layers, an initial fill of clay, gravel and stones c. 1m high at centre, an old humus layer above this and an upper layer of gravel and clay. The N portion of the enclosure was visible as a slight scarp while a more considerable portion of the bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.5m) survived in the S sector. The E portion which projects into the Golf Club land appears to have been levelled.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 16 September 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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