Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Powerstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.76935, -6.94157
- SMR number
- CW012-023----
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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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Shown on 1938-39 'OS 6-inch' map as rectangular area enclosed by bank (max. dims. c. 60m NNW-SSE, 50m ENE-WSW). Situated in small ill-drained hollow. Field drain may follow line of W fosse. No other indications. Probably a moated site.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.