Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Road - road/trackway
Rathduff (Madden), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathduff (Madden)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.53790, -7.26529
- SMR number
- KK027-029008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
This road gave access to and from the Augustinian Priory at Kells (KK027-029004-). It ran from the present public road to the fortified entrance in the E wall of the outer court and from an entrance in the W wall of the same court towards the motte (KK027-029001-) at Kells (pers. comm. Con Manning, February 1993; Farrelly et al. 1993, 173).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 May 2023
References
Farrelly, J., O'Reilly, B., and Loughran, A. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Kilkenny (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.