Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyduff (gowran By., Graiguenamanagh Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyduff (gowran By., Graiguenamanagh Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.56148, -6.96511
- SMR number
- KK029-008001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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
Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900-01 revision as an irregular curvilinear area (max. diam. c. 60m) with trees growing in the interior. A large, circular area (int. diam. c. 48m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 1.5m), with traces of a stone revetment. The monument is heavily overgrown with trees and scrub. According to local tradition there is a souterrain (KK029-008002-) in the interior.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.