Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castleblunden, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleblunden
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.64052, -7.29889
- SMR number
- KK019-031----
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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)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In deciduous woodland with Castle Blunden demesne, the 17th-century house (KK019-032001-) of the demesne lies c. 350m to the SE. A roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m N-S; c. 43m E-W) enclosed by a wide fosse (Wth c. 5m) as indicated on the 1945-6 revision OS 6-inch map. The interior and perimeter of the enclosure are planted with trees.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.