Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynaboley (gowran By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaboley (gowran By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.59840, -7.12397
- SMR number
- KK024-044----
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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
On a gentle W-facing slope in rolling pasture with good views from ESE-S-W, but elsewhere limited by rising ground. A circular area (int. diam. 21.7m NE-SW) enclosed by a denuded earthen and stone bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.5m; overall Wth 7.5m) and a shallow fosse (Wth c. 2.7m), the latter only visible from S-SSW and otherwise infilled. The bank is best preserved from SSE-S-N, elsewhere it is much reduced (H 0.4m). It has been broken through in the SSE sector. The high content of large stones in the bank composition reflects the underlying outcrop which is characteristic of this area. There is an entrance (Wth 2.6m) in the NW sector. The grass-covered interior is uneven having been poached by cattle.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.