Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Shankill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shankill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69006, -7.01405
- SMR number
- KK016-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 gently rolling terrain on a valley floor, in tillage. There are good views in all directions as far as surrounding hills. This is not indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and an irregular area (diam. c. 56m), indicated by a dashed line running N of a WNW-ESE field boundary, is depicted at this location on the 1900 OS 6-inch map revision. At ground level it appears as a large shallow hollow. It is visible as a circular cropmark (overall diam. c. 70m), defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 10m) on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 8 June 2005). There appears to be a wide entrance (Wth c. 14m) in the E quadrant.
See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 8 June 2005)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 29 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.