Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Sheastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheastown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.61341, -7.20223
- SMR number
- KK023-027----
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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
Heavily overgrown with trees and scrub. Described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 226) as a 'rath' known as 'Raheen-Dunaegan (Raighín-Dúin-Aedhgáin), that is, the Raheen originally known as Aedhgan's Fort'. It is depicted on the 25-inch OS map as an oval area (dims. c. 60m N-S; c. 44m E-W) enclosed by an outer bank (overall dims. c. 88m N-S; c. 70m E-W), though the outer bank is not depicted from E-SE.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 July 2021
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
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