Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Kilkenny, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkenny
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42064, -8.13084
- SMR number
- RO051-100001-
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in an undulating landscape overlooking an enclosed basin to the N. It was first identified by J. Fletcher. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 25m NNW-SSE; 23.9m ENE-WSW) with some bushes on the perimeter NE-SE defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m) SW-NW and traces of inner or outer facing-stones of a wall NW-SSE. These are most evident NE-E (original Wth 1.4m), and the stone-faced entrance (Wth 2.15m) which has one large stone on its N side and three on its S side is at E. There is a grass-covered quarry (Wth of base (6-9m; D 0.6m-0.7m) inside the perimeter NE-SW, and the perimeter has been truncated by a WNW-ESE wall at SW (L 17m). There is local information that burials (RO051-100----) were discovered c. 30m to the N c. 1970.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.