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Enclosure

Coolnacrutta, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Coolnacrutta, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolnacrutta
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.79709, -7.50349
SMR number
KK003-048----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 44m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth © 2023), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There are two other enclosures (KK003-027---- and (KK003-047----), also visible as cropmarks, c. 230m to the N. Another enclosure (KK003-049----) lies c. 80m to the W and two other enclosures (KK003-027---- and KK003-047----) are visible as cropmarks c. 230m and c. 235m to the NNW respectively.

See attached imagery:
KK003-048----_01 Google Earth satellite imagery © 2023

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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