Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gaulstown (fassadinin By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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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
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.