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Moated site

Newtown (Fassadinin By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Newtown, 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
Newtown (Fassadinin By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.77424, -7.22766
SMR number
KK010-044----

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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 a gentle E-facing slope, before land falls steeply to valley floor and the Dinin river which is c. 400m to the E. There are good views to the E and S but the view is impeded to the N and W by rising ground. There are two springs immediately S of the moated site. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 30m NNW-SSE; c. 15m E-W) but not shown on the subsequent 1947 revision where the field boundaries have altered slightly. The monument may have been levelled when the field boundary which was immediately N of the monument was removed and another WNW-ESE field boundary inserted slightly S of this, possibly cutting across the N portion of the monument. It is not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 5 December 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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