Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rainestown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rainestown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.86177, -6.82781
- SMR number
- CW003-026----
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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
Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.26) shows a cropmark of an irregular enclosure defined by a fosse.
Bibliography
Barrett, G.F. 'Early landscapes in County Carlow: an aerial perspective, in T. McGrath and T. O'Keefe (eds), County Carlow: History and Society, Geography Publications, Dublin. Forthcoming 2008.
Barrett, G.F. (1999) 'Relevé aérien d'archéologie en Irlande, in Archeologie Aerienne: Actes du colloque du festival international d'archéologie d'Amiens. Revue archaeologie de Picardie special 17/1999. APPAH Ministère de la culture, Amiens et de l'Université de Picardie, pp. 245-52. ISSN 0752-5656 .
Barrett, G.F. (1996) 'Archaeological air survey in County Carlow: discovery and destruction' Carloviana, 44, pp. 16-22.
Barrett, G.F. (1995) 'Recovering the hidden archaeology of Ireland: the impact of aerial survey in the River Barrow valley, 1989-91” in O. Braasch, and G. Wetzel, G. (eds), Aerial Archaeology in eastern and central Europe, 45-59, Proceedings of the Kleinmachnow conference, Brandenburg Museum, Potsdam, pp.45-59. ISBN 3-910011-08-X.
Barrett, G.F. (1995) 'Recovering the hidden archaeology of Ireland: the impact of aerial survey in the River Barrow valley, 1989-91” in O. Braasch, and G. Wetzel, G. (eds), Aerial Archaeology in eastern and central Europe, 45-59, Proceedings of the Kleinmachnow conference, Brandenburg Museum, Potsdam, pp.45-59. ISBN 3-910011-08-X.
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