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Enclosure

Killeen (Crannagh By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Killeen, 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
Killeen (Crannagh By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.62477, -7.47666
SMR number
KK018-053----

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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 a W-facing slope, immediately W of a farmyard, with extensive views to the N, S and W (Ó Drisceoil 2006, 5). Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the later 1900 revision it is depicted as roughly rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 56m N-S; c. 54m E-W) with rounded corners and an external fosse. The Munster River flows c. 430m to the W-SW.
The enclosure is defined by a bank (H c. 1.5m) and fosse (D c. 2m), the latter being particularly well-preserved in the S and W sectors (ibid.). The bank and fosse are heavily overgrown with trees and undergrowth (ibid.).

Reference:
Ó Drisceoil, C. 2006 Archaelogical impact assessment: proposed housing development at Killeen, Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny. Excavation licence number 06E0861. Unpublished assessment report. Kilkenny Archaeology.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 15 March 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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