Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Baurnafea, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baurnafea
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.71529, -7.10343
- SMR number
- KK015-057----
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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 a level field in reclaimed land surrounded on all sides by marshy ground. A low central mound (diam. 4m; H 0.3m) enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) and external bank (Wth 2m; H 0.3m). The monument has been truncated by a modern field drain from E to S. Immediately to the SW of the monument are traces of a field bank (KK015-056002-). A fulacht fiadh (KK015-056001-) is 10m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 22 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.