Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Borrismore, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Borrismore
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.72712, -7.53108
- SMR number
- KK012-014----
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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 broad NW-SE terrace along the SW side of Clomaneagh Hills, in fairly flat reclaimed pasture. There are good views along the terrace and very good views to the W and SW across the low-lying valley plain. A poorly preserved enclosure, consisting of a sub-rectangular area (diam. 40m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by a bank (Wth c. 1.5m; int. and ext. H 1.5m), which only survives in the N and W quadrants, and there is a slight suggestion of an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.1m). The SE quadrant has been truncated by a field boundary running NE-SW. There is a broad shallow ramp in the NE quadrant which may be the remains of an entrance.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 May 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.