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Enclosure

Canvarstown,Lisnalea, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Canvarstown, Lisnalea, 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
Canvarstown,Lisnalea
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.66610, -7.47617
SMR number
KK018-004----

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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 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the fairly gently sloping N side of a small E-W valley, c. half way between the valley floor and the crest of the ridge to the N, surrounded by grassland. There are good views in all directions. The enclosure is heavily overgrown with trees and scrub. Indicated as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 63m N-S; c. 65m E-W) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with a townland boundary running NE-SW just N of centre and a field boundary running NW-SE from the NW into the NE quadrant to meet the townland boundary and another running NW-SE from the SE into the SW quadrant to meet the townland boundary. The enclosing bank in the SW sector is depicted as being straight, though this may have been modified to align with another NW-SE field boundary which runs NW from the W edge. On the 1900 revision the S portion of the enclosure is depicted as being planted with trees and a farm roadway skirts the SE quadrant. The enclosure is defined by a bank (int. H c. 0.5m; ext. H c. 1.75m; Wth 2m) and in the NE sector there is an external wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4m; D c. 1m).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 23 June 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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