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Enclosure

Gaulstown (Fassadinin By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Gaulstown, 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
Gaulstown (Fassadinin By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.74937, -7.18997
SMR number
KK011-014----

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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

On a bluff on the W side of a small valley in gently rolling grassland. There are good views in all directions. Indicated on the 25-inch OS map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 36m). The monument has been badly damaged by quarrying. Traces of the enclosing bank survive in the N (L 26m E-W; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 4.5m; H 1m) and W sectors (L 5m; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 4.5m; H c. 1.8m). The surviving banks suggest that this enclosure was more rectilinear than the OS indicates. On Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 30 January 2019) a large portion of the interior, particularly the SW quadrant, appears to have been quarried out. The rest of the enclosure would appear to be intact, though it is obscured by scrub.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 30 January 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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