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Enclosure

Balief Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Balief Upper, 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
Balief Upper
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.73256, -7.51709
SMR number
KK012-017----

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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 slightly terraced area at break in slope between the steep upper side of Clomantagh hills and more gently sloping land dropping down to valley to the S-SW-W, in reclaimed grassland. There are good views to the N, S and W. A roughly D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 67m NNW-SSE; c. 74m ENE-WSW), the straight side running ENE-WSW with the curvilinear enclosure to the NW. A roughly square enclosure (KK012-007001-), possibly a small field, conjoins to the S, and is visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN092, 19 July 1971). The fosse of the D-shaped enclosure is also visible on this aerial as a cropmark, however, the remains of the broad low bank (Wth 6-8m; int. and ext. H 0.3-0.5m) are visible, though it has been levelled. There is a possible entrance (Wth c. 5m) in the W sector. The enclosure was levelled in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 28 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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