Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Blanchfieldsbog, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blanchfieldsbog
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.67115, -7.50222
- SMR number
- KK017-002----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At NW end of small NW-SE valley, a little above floor of valley, with land sloping fairly gently down to the S and SW, in wet pasture. There are moderate views within the valley. A ring-barrow (diam. 29m N-S; 30m E-W) which consists of a circular domed area (diam. 8m; H 0.2-1m) enclosed by a broad fosse (Wth at base 2m; overall Wth 10m; D 1.4m) and a very broad outer bank (ext. H 0.4m; Wth at crest 2m; overall Wth c. 7m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.