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Ring-ditch

Ballynalina, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Ballynalina, 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
Ballynalina
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.62139, -7.26091
SMR number
KK019-145----

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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

In tillage. A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m), defined by a fosse, which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps satellite imagery), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. Another ring-ditch (KK023-144----) is located c. 70m to the NW. There are two enclosures (KK019-146---- and KK023-177---) c. 220-260m to the SE.

See attached imagery:
KK019-145----_01 Apple maps satellite imagery

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 14 June 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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