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Ringfort - rath

Ballyduff (Gowran By., Graiguenamanagh ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyduff, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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