Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Balleen Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balleen Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.75284, -7.43372
- SMR number
- KK009-040----
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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
Slightly below crest of hills on the SW side of a valley, in rolling grassland with good views. Indicated as an oval enclosure on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a more circular enclosure (diam. c. 41m) on the 1900 revision with a NE-SW field boundary incorporated into the SE-S sector. The enclosure was levelled when visited in 1987, however, it was described locally as being defined by a stone wall similar to that at enclosure (KK009-039----) c. 320m to the NW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.