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Enclosure

Carrigeen (Gowran By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Carrigeen, 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
Carrigeen (Gowran By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.69162, -7.19205
SMR number
KK015-018001-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On quite a steep E-facing slope at the SE end of a small N-S ridge, rising from a broad expanse of rolling and mostly reclaimed grassland. Very good views in all directions. A large and roughly circular area (diam. 56m N-S; 58m E-W) defined by a wide flat-topped bank (Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth 7.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.4m), a wide steep-sided flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.5m) and a much denuded outer bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.4m). There is a gap (Wth 4m) in the bank in the E quadrant, but no causeway, which suggests this is modern. An entrance (Wth 3m) in the S quadrant is probably original, it has a steep, ramped causeway. The interior slopes to the E. The western portion of the interior is 0.45m higher than the eastern half. The division, which bisects the monument from N-S, is marked by a step. In the W quadrant there are three small mounds (KK015-018002-; KK015-018003-; KK015-018004-). The date and function of these mounds is unknown. If the enclosing element is a ringfort then it is unlikely that the mounds are archaeological. However, if the enclosure is prehistoric in date, then it is possible that the mounds may be barrows.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 29 February 2016

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1956).

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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