Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Kilmagar, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmagar
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67144, -7.16748
- SMR number
- KK020-128----
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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
In tillage. One of a group of five small circular enclosures (diam. c. 10m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The furthest ring-ditches (KK020-128---- and KK020-132----) are c. 280m apart, the closest (KK020-129---- and KK020-130----) c. 25m apart and KK020-131--- is roughly in the centre of the group.
See attached imagery:
KK020-128----_01 Apple Maps satellite imagery
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.