Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmucklin, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmucklin
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.33672, -7.57061
- SMR number
- OF008-023----
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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 ridge running NE-SW in flat marshy land with nearby Brosna river to the N. Circular raised area (56m N-S; 52,m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m), external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 3m) with causewayed entrance (Wth 2.5m) leading into a semicircular annexe attached to the S. The interior of the site follows the natural slope of a low ridge which offers it protection from flooding. Semicircular annexe (diam 15.7m N-S) at SW enclosed by a low earthen bank enclosing a semicircular shaped area may have been a later addition to the ringfort.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.