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Enclosure - large enclosure

Clomantagh (Mountgarret), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Clomantagh (Mountgarret), 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
Clomantagh (Mountgarret)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.73153, -7.49515
SMR number
KK012-101----

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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 the lower SE-slopes of Clonmantagh Hill. A large oval enclosure (dims. c. 85m NE-SW; c. 68m NW-SE), defined by a low bank or scarp, visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 24 March 2022 and DigitalGlobe, imagery date 2011-2013), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is a small area of quarrying in the NE sector and though the monument is not indicated on any OS 6-inch map, this quarry, with a limekiln, is indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map.

See attached imagery:
KK012-101----_01 Google Earth satellite imagery, imagery date 10 August 2022
KK012-101----_02 DigitalGlobe satellite imagery, imagery date 2011-2013

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 21 June 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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