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Ringfort - rath

Holdensrath, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Holdensrath, 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
Holdensrath
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.65753, -7.29434
SMR number
KK019-018----

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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)
  • 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a SW-facing slope. There are very good views of Kilkenny city to the E. A small, slightly raised, circular area (int. diam. c. 32m) enclosed by a denuded earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m; Wth c. 5m), with traces of a shallow outer fosse visible from W-N-S. The bank is heavily overgrown with trees and brambles. There is a relatively recent gap through the bank in the S sector. A quarry, indicated on both the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1945-6 revision, abutted the S-SE edge of the monument. It has subsequently been infilled, however, upcast from the quarry appears to augment the bank material in this sector. A public road runs NE-SW past the NW quadrant.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 21 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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