Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Firoda Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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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
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringwork1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Hearth1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.