Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Baurnafea, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baurnafea
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.70707, -7.10432
- SMR number
- KK015-006----
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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
On a SW-facing slope at the W edge of a ridge of high land. A large sub-square enclosure (dims. c. 80m N-S; c. 81m E-W) with rounded angles, defined by a substantial earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 2-2.85m; Wth 3.3m; overall Wth 7.2m) and outer fosse (Wth 3.2m; D 1.1m). The bank is best preserved from NNW-ESE and elsewhere is defined by a scarp. In places the fosse is filled with soft mud and leaf fill to a depth of up to 0.6m. The interior rises quite significantly as the enclosure surrounds the SW end of a natural NE-SW running ridge, the sides of which slope from SE-S-NW within the interior. The top of the ridge slopes gently towards the NE. There is a gap (Wth 2.5m) in the bank and fosse in the NNE which may be the original entrance though there is some suggestion of degraded bank material. There are trees and scrub growing around perimeter, the interior is under grass. It is known locally as Ráithín Field.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 15 May 2017
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.