Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Clomantagh Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clomantagh Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.72540, -7.48139
- SMR number
- KK013-134----
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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 circular enclosure (diam. c. 36m) visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (GB90.CO. 12 July 1990; ASIAP (25) 6-9, 11-13, 2 August 1996). This enclosure is defined by a fosse and has a S-facing entrance. It is encircled by a larger curvilinear enclosure (dims. c. 90m E-W; c. 80m N-S) which narrows towards the E (dims. c. 35-40m). It is also defined by a fosse and has a S-facing entrance.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 31 August 2015
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.