Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Swiftsheath, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Swiftsheath
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74707, -7.30399
- SMR number
- KK010-076----
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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
In flat grassland on the floor of the Nore river valley. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with a wide fosse showing as a cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG054, 16 July 1971). It is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 January 2019
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.