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Barrow - stepped barrow

Knockdav, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - stepped barrow, Knockdav, 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
Knockdav
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.74280, -7.51846
SMR number
KK008-202----

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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 a break of a W-facing slope in upland pasture, just below the crest of Spahill. There are extensive views across the plain to the N, S and W. A circular area (diam. 24m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by a stoney bank (int. H 0.1-0.55m; ext. H 0.43-0.85m; Wth at crest 1.3m; overall Wth 2.2-2.9m) and outer fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.05-0.7m), with a circular mound (diam. 4.6m at top; 7.1m at base; H 0.25-0.3m) slightly off-centre in the interior, being closer to the N bank. The interior forms a flat berm between the mound and enclosing bank. There is an entrance (Wth 2.3m) in the WSW quadrant where there is a break in the bank, partially defined by stones on the S side, and a causeway (H 0.17m) over the fosse. A stone wall field boundary runs roughly N-S along the E edge of the monument, kinking out to run along the top of the bank. Monument identified by Melanie McQuade (pers. comm. 10 November 2016).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 3 September 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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