Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Clara Upper, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clara Upper
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Knockaunteemeade
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockaunteemeade
- Coordinates
- 52.66630, -7.14816
- SMR number
- KK020-005----
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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
Immediately W of a public road. Named 'Knockaunteemeade' and indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as a trapezoidal area (diam. c. 56m N-S. c. 31m E-W at the N, tapering to c. 12m at S) defined by scarp. Visible on Digitalglobe satellite imagery (viewed 9 November 2020) as being overgrown with trees and scrub. There is a large enclosure (KK020-004----) c. 200m to the NE and another one (KK020-006----) c. 300m to the ENE. A mineral spa well is indicated on the OS maps c. 75m to the SW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.