Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown (gowran By., Kilkenny Rural Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.