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Enclosure

Firoda Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Firoda Upper, 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
Firoda Upper
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.81720, -7.27169
SMR number
KK005-018----

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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

On level ground in upland terrain, in a buffer zone surrounded by forestry. Enclosure heavily overgrown with long tufted grass, reeds and heather. Defined by a bank (overall Wth 2m; Wth at crest 0.7m; int. H 0.67m; ext. H 0.65m) with shallow internal (Wth 1.7m; D 0.1m) and external fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 0.15m). The bank and interior are particularly heavily overgrown with heather. The enclosure is not marked on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and is indicated on the 1900 revision as a circular enclosure, drawn as a continuous circular rather than hachured. This suggests that the enclosure may be post-1800 in date, possibly a sheep pen. However, the circularity of the enclosure could indicate an earlier origin.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 4 April 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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