Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Sevensisters, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sevensisters
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.73753, -7.52175
- SMR number
- KK008-122001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a steep W-facing slope, at the division between fertile valley sides and very steep rocky uplands, in generally rolling grassland. There is a ringfort (KK008-121----) c. 150m to the NNE, a smaller enclosure (KK008-122003-) c. 115m to the NE and another ringfort (KK008-123---) c. 150m to the S. There are good views in all directions except E where the monument is overlooked by higher ground. An oval area (diam. c. 51m NW-SE; c. 42m NE-SW on 25-inch OS map) enclosed by wide earthen bank (Wth 2.5-4m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.2-2m) and wide external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.4-1.2m), berm (Wth c. 20-40m) and outer bank and fosse. The outer perimeter appears on the 6-inch OS maps (1839 and 1900) eds to be incorporated in a curving field boundary NW-N-SE and on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN 91, 1971) this is visible as a cropmark. The inner enclosure is heavily overgrown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 22 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.