Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Cloghpook, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghpook
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73444, -7.17627
- SMR number
- KK015-001----
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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
In flat boggy pasture on the floor of a N-facing valley. Good views to N. A well-preserved rectangular enclosure (49m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth at crest 1.5m; overall Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.6m), a wet fosse (Wth 3m; int. H 1.6-2m; ext. H 1.1-1.5m) and an outer bank (Wth at crest 1.5m; overall Wth 4m; int. H 1.1-1.5m; ext. H 0.5-1m). Not evident on any of the 6-inch OS maps. There is a causewayed entrance feature (Wth 3m) in the middle of the N side. In the centre of the S end (7m from the S end) there is a possible house site (KK015-001001-) comprising a slightly raised platform (H 0.1m; 14m N-S x 8m E-W). The interior is otherwise flat. The banks at S have been demolished and the fosse filled in though its line can still be traced as a slight, wet, reedy depression.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 14 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.