Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Holdenstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Holdenstown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61029, -7.16359
- SMR number
- KK024-117002-
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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
Aerial photograph (GB89.AP.25) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch; a circular enclosure (KK024-117001-) is located immediately to the south. The enclosure was excavated in 2007. Three ring-ditches (KK024-117003-/KK024-117005-) were found within it. There were 5 inhumations burials (KK024-117008-) in one of the ring-ditches. Two other inhumations and a possible cremation pit (KK024-117007-) were also excavated within the enclosure. (Whitty 2009; 2010, 248, no. 938)
See attached:
KK024-117002-_01 aerial photograph (GB89.AP.25, 22 July 1989)
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 10 December 2013
References
Whitty, Y. 2009 Preliminary archaeological resolution report. N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme: Phase 4B - Rathclogh to Powerstown. Ministerial Direction: A032. Site name: AR096/AR097, Holdenstown 1. Registration No. E3681. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Whitty, Y. 2010 AR096, Holdenstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 248, no. 938. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.