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Enclosure

Borrismore, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Borrismore, 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
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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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)
  • 1868 · 4. 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 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

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

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