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Ringfort - rath

Raheendonore, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Raheendonore, 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
Raheendonore
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Carrigeen Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Carrigeen Fort
Coordinates
52.53046, -6.98960
SMR number
KK029-015----

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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

In reclaimed pasture. Named 'Carrigeen Fort' and indicated as an oval enclosure (overall dims. c. 55m N-S; c. 44m E-W) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900-01 revision, in an area of rough pasture with furze. A townland boundary is indicated running NW-SE along the NE perimeter. The monument is visible on an aerial photograph taken in 1971 (CUCAP BGO038, 19 July 1971).
A field inspection in 1989 described it as a roughly oval raised area (int. dims. 35m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by inner bank (Wth 4m; H 1-1.5m), intervening fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.2m) and outer bank (Wth 5m; H 2m), with traces of a stone structure in the interior. Since 1989 the monument has been levelled. The fosse is clearly visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth imagery date 14 July 2018), showing a subrectangular enclosure (dims. c. 47m N-S; c. 40m E-W) with a straight S and W side with curving angles and a curve defining the NE-E-SE.

See attached:
KK029-015----_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGO038, 19 July 1971)
KK029-015----_02 Google Earth satellite imagery, date 14 July 2018

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 8 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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