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Enclosure

Dunmore West, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Dunmore West, 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
Dunmore West
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.70420, -7.29211
SMR number
KK014-146----

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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)
  • 1811 · 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

An aerial photograph (GB96.GA.27, 29 July 1996) shows a cropmark of a semicircular enclosure defined by a fosse and with a SE-facing entrance. The enclosure (diam. c. 38m NW-SE) is located on the W edge of a gravel hillock, the W edge of the enclosure being defined by the break of slope. An outer fosse runs concentrically to NE quadrant before curving towards the E and appears to be part of an associated curvilinear field system (KK014-147----) which extends to a max. of c. 80m to the NE, E and SE. A concentric enclosure (KK014-033----) is located c. 90m to the N, also overlooking the break in slope.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland

Date of revised upload: 22 June 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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