Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Higginstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Higginstown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67625, -7.18142
- SMR number
- KK020-001----
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
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)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 42m). On the 1900 revision of this map the W portion is outlined but the monument itself appears to have been levelled. It is not visible on Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 9 November 2020). According to Doyle (1981, unpublished) this was a rath which is, 'no longer there. It is said that it was about thirty yards [c. 27m] wide, with a shallow trench surrounding'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 November 2020
References
Doyle, J. 1981 A study of raths in the area north of Kilkenny city. National Museum of Ireland topographical files.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.