Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Kellistown East, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kellistown East
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80227, -6.82736
- SMR number
- CW008-036005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In tillage. A large enclosure (diam. c. 107m) defined by a cropmark is visible on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018) and noted on an aerial photograph (GB20.GM.01) as the cropmark of a curved fosse immediately SW of ‘Kilomeel’ burial ground (CW008-036001-). Within the NE quadrant of the large enclosure there is circular enclosure (CW008-036006-).
See attached:
CW008-036006_05 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with enclosures highlighted
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Date of revision: 25 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.