Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Linear earthwork
Loughill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.85665, -7.29269
- SMR number
- KK001-004008-
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 an area of wet, marshy terrain, with ground sloping generally to the W towards a stream which flows northward into the Owenbeg River. Identified on an aerial photograph (GSI 1973-7, roll 43:4) as a roadway. On field inspection this feature is not convincing as a roadway but appears as a terrace with perhaps drainage along the base of the slope. There is a slightly curving linear earthwork (L c. 70m) running NE-SW from the S end of the feature originally identified which resembles a hollow-way in that it has a central depression with a bank on either side but its function is unclear. The ground in this field is very undulating, with a lot of earthworks (KK001-004009-), some of which can probably be attributed to drainage works, though others may relate to ecclesiastical remains (KK001-004004-), of which there is a strong tradition.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 31 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.