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Enclosure

Cloghpook, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Cloghpook, 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
Cloghpook
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.73456, -7.18584
SMR number
KK015-033----

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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

At the NE edge of hills with valleys to N, E and W, in fairly wet rough pasture with a diverted stream. There are good views in all directions. A raised irregular polygonal area (diam. c. 57m; H 1-1.6m) defined by a fosse (Wth 2.5-3.5m; D0.3-0.8m), except along the NW and NE sides where it is defined by a stream. The stream runs downslope from the NE angle where there is a ramped, possibly modern, entrance. A roadway runs along the SW side. This may be the location of the unlocated castle (KK011-023001/KK015-033001*) depicted on the Down Survey map (1655-6) and mentioned by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 456), though no features were noted within the raised platform or in the surrounding field.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 10 April 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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