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
- 52.60997, -7.16322
- SMR number
- KK024-117005-
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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
On high ground in a commanding position. Slightly truncated at NNW by an enclosure (KK024-117001-). Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3681). Portion of a ring-ditch (est. diam. 8.5m; max. D 0.2m; av. Wth 0.5m) badly truncated by later agricultural activity. The fill at W contained cremated bone and may represent a token cremation deposit. Two other ring-ditches (KK024-117003- and KK024-117004-) were excavated within the same enclosure and another ring-ditch (KK024-117002-) lies outside the excavated area and the roadway to the N. (Whitty 2009; 2010, 248, no. 938)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 10 December 2013
References
Whitty, Y. 2010 AR096, Holdenstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 248, no. 938. Bray. Wordwell.
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 Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.