Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danesfort
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58142, -7.22685
- SMR number
- KK023-060001-
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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
A possible ring-ditch (diam. c. 7m) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG016, 16 July 1971). Another ring-ditch (KK023-060003-) is located c. 10m to the SSE. The linear cropmarks of a field system (KK023-060002-) were also identified on this aerial photograph running roughly E-W to the N and S of the ring-ditch.
KK023-060001-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG016, 16 July 1971)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.