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
- 52.58130, -7.22666
- SMR number
- KK023-060003-
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
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 ring-ditch (diam. c. 12m) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 24 March 2017). Another ring-ditch (KK023-060001-) is located c. 10m to the NNW. A field system (KK023-060002-), identified as linear cropmarks run roughly E-W to the N and S of the ring-ditches.
KK023-060003-_01 satellite image (Google Earth, imagery date 24 March 2017)
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.