Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballynaslee, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaslee
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.81018, -7.37372
- SMR number
- KK004-004----
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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
Just at crest of hills forming the W side of the Nore river valley, in grassland. Land to the W is flat while land to the E slopes steeply down to the valley floor. Circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by bank (int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.2m; Wth 1-2m). The interior of the site is below the surrounding field-level. The monument is depicted as typical ringfort on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. On the revised 1899 ed. the hachures depicting the monument are facing inward suggesting a large circular hollow. A lime kiln is indicated on the 1st ed. map immediately ENE of the monument and it is possible that the interior of the monument was quarried into. The enclosure was formed by cutting a terrace into the hillside.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 2 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.