Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyhimmin (Knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhimmin (Knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.79135, -7.21474
- SMR number
- KK010-020----
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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
A little below the summit of the E side of Deen river valley, with land rising to the W and slightly to the S and dropping fairly steeply to the N and E, in rolling grassland. There are fairly good views across and along Deen valley. Indicated as a circular enclosure (dims. c. 33m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1947 revision. By 1987 the monument, probably a ringfort, had been levelled and was not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.