Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Muckalee, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muckalee
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.75104, -7.19692
- SMR number
- KK011-034----
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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 the summit of a broad and relatively flat hilltop, in gently rolling grassland. There are extensive views overlooking valleys in all directions. A rectangular area (dims. c. 66m N-S; c. 80m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (overall Wth 3m; Wth at crest c. 1m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.2-2m) and external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5-0.6m, except on E side Wth 3m; D c. 1.3m). There is an entrance on each side, towards the W end of the N side (Wth 3m), towards the S end of the E side (Wth 2m), towards the E end of the S side (Wth 3m) and near the middle on the W side (Wth 3m). Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. and 1900 revision of 6-inch OS map as a rectangular field. Though this may be a field, it is unusual to have such a regular enclosure amid a patchwork of fields and on the summit of a hill.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 4 February 2019
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