Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Coan West, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coan West
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78691, -7.11818
- SMR number
- KK011-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a small level area with a stream flowing roughly E-W c. 30m to the N and a river flowing roughly N-S c. 30m to the E, the latter flows into the Dinin River to the S. Identified by Prendergast (OKR 1955, 10) and roughly located to a field in Coan village. When visited in 1987 the monument was not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 30 January 2019
References
Prendergast, E. 1955 Pre-historic cooking places in Webbsborough district. Old Kilkenny Review 8, 1-10.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.