Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Fenniscourt, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fenniscourt
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mote
- Coordinates
- 52.68065, -6.97825
- SMR number
- CW016-064----
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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 revision: 15 April 2011
Revised by: Claire Breen
Earthen mound with gently sloping sides and small summit (H c. 3m; base diam. c. 18m). Enclosed by cropmarks of four concentric fosses visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP ASW 25-6, BGH 26-8) (max. diam. of outer enclosure c. 70m). A decorated stone (CW016-064001-) was recorded on the NW slope.
Aerial photograph (GB95.FQ.26) shows cropmarks of three concentric fosses surrounding the denuded central cairn of the barrow.
Reference:
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.
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.