Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Blanchvilleskill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blanchvilleskill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63395, -7.11017
- SMR number
- KK020-042----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
In tillage. Identified as the cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on an aerial photograph (CUCAP ALV036, 26 July 1965) and also visible on a satellite image (Google Earth, 14 July 2018). It is defined by a deep fosse with no apparent entrance gap.
See attached satellite image:
KK020-042----_01 Google Earth, 14 July 2018
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.