Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killaghintober, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaghintober
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.32554, -7.74486
- SMR number
- OF007-034----
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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 top of a natural ridge running E-W in undulating countryside. Circular area (54m E-W) enclosed by a low bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2m; Wth 1.5m) best preserved from N through E to S elsewhere reduced to a scarp. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE. The interior of the site follows the natural slope of the ridge from S to N.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.