Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Borrisbeg, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Borrisbeg
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.72077, -7.54985
- SMR number
- KK012-086----
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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
A rectilinear enclosure (dims. c. 40-50m NNW-SSE and WSW-ENE) identified as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (110) 2, 4, 7, 10, 12-13, 22 July 2000) in the corner of a field, with an upstanding field boundary running roughly ENE-WSE across the N side and another running NNW-SSE through the E side. There appear to be two fosses defining the enclosure. On the OS Ortho satellite imagery a cropmark is visible c. 20m N of the ENE-WSW field boundary which appears to be the N side of the enclosure. There is another cropmark, probably an old field boundary, which appears to be associated with this enclosure, possibly running NW from its NE angle for c. 30m before turning SW for c. 150m. Another curvilinear cropmark (KK012-087----) c. 180m to the SE appears to a field boundary.
See attached images:
KK012-086----_01 ASIAP (110) 12, 22 July 2000
KK012-086----_02 OS Ortho satellite imagey, viewed 2 July 2019
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 2 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.