Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killavilla, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killavilla
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.97452, -7.75029
- SMR number
- OF043-057----
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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
Situated on flat land in upland area. Raised circular area (diam 41m; ext. H 0.5m) enclosed by shallow fosse with possible entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at S. Known locally as the cillin (OF043-057001-) which would suggest that this ringfort was reused as a childrens burial ground (Roe 1945, 263-6).
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
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Stone sculpture - iconicunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.