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Enclosure

Tullanvoolty, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Tullanvoolty, 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
Tullanvoolty
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.76568, -7.57222
SMR number
KK008-072----

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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 poor, wet pasture, c. 135m S of the River Goul. A roughly oval area (dims. 25m N-S; 34m E) defined by a bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H c. 2m), fosse (Wth 3.5-5m; D 1.8m) and outer bank (Wth 3.5m; ext. H 0.8-1m). The fosse and outer bank are not visible in the E quadrant. The interior is slightly saucer-shaped and slopes down to the E by c. 1m. On the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS the monument is indicated as a tear-drop shaped, aligned E-W. On the subsequent 1900 ed. a field boundary runs E-W from the road immediately W of the monument and joins the S bank of the monument. The W quadrant of the monument is delineated by a curving dashed line. On the ground the area between the dashed line and the road forms an area (dims. c. 15m N-S; 14m E-W) c. 1m lower than the enclosure to the E, this area is truncated by the road and is delineated by a bank (Wth 3m; H 1m) which runs into the inner bank of the N side of the enclosure. Immediately S of this area there is another area of similar dimensions which is also c. 1m below the enclosure. This may be the result of quarrying. The monument was heavily overgrown when inspected in 1987.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 25 October 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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