Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Briskalagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Briskalagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.63904, -7.41127
- SMR number
- KK018-050----
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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
On the edge of a farmyard, with farm buildings immediately to the N and to the S end of the E side, in good pasture. A trapezoidal-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 40m N-S; c. 38m E-W on the N side tapering to c. 25m on the S side) indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision. Described by Barry (1977, 188) as consisting of a flat platform enclosed by a bank (H 1m; Wth 4m) and waterlogged fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 2.6m). There is a possible stone-lined entrance in the NE corner (ibid.). The monument is heavily overgrown with trees and scrub.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.