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Barrow - unclassified

Coldharbour, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - unclassified, Coldharbour, 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
Coldharbour
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.67411, -7.48413
SMR number
KK018-104----

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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

In upland terrain. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 25m) identified on Google Earth Pro imagery (imagery date 8 March 2010) by Jean-Charles Caillère and also visible on Digitalglobe satellite imagery (no date). Possibly a ring-barrow as it appears to have an internal fosse and wide outer bank (Wth c. 5m).

See attached photograph:
KK018-104----_01 Image © Digitalglobe
KK018-104----_02 Image ©2019 CNEW/Airbus: Google Earth Pro satellite imagery (8 March 2010)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 10 December 2019

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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