Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Knockeen, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockeen
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52947, -6.92726
- SMR number
- CW024-058----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 an area of wet, marshy terrain, subsequently reclaimed. A stream runs roughly N-S c. 120m to the E. This earthwork consists of an irregularly shaped raised area (diam. 14-16m; H c. 0.8m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 August 2016
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.