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Ring-ditch

Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Danesfort, 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
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 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)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

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

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