Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballykeefe Hill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykeefe Hill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61074, -7.38633
- SMR number
- KK022-056----
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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
In tillage. A circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) identified as a cropmark on Google Earth Pro imagery (imagery date 17 June 2017) by Jean-Charles Caillère. The enclosure is defined by an inner and outer fosse, which are c. 8-10m apart. In more recent satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro imagery, imagery date 10 August 2022) a large enclosure (KK022-057----) is visible c. 15m to the NE.
See attached photograph:
KK025-056----_01 Google Earth Pro satellite imagery (14 July 2018)
KK025-056----_02 Google Earth Pro satellite imagery (10 August 2022)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 13 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.