Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oldtown (shillelogher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldtown (shillelogher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.58325, -7.28134
- SMR number
- KK023-055----
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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
Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) with a large quarry running up to the NW edge. On the 1947 revision the monument (overall diam. c. 77m) it is indicated as a central roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 43m) enclosed by a berm or fosse (Wth c. 5m) and outer bank from NE-SE, elsewhere the outer edge is defined by scarp, except in the NW sector where the outer edge has been encroached upon by quarrying. A public road runs roughly N-S along immediately beyond the outer bank in the E quadrant, the road curves to respect the monument. Also on the 1947 revision map a field boundary is indicated running roughly E-W immediately N of the enclosure and another immediately S. A large house, constructed in 1972, and landscaped garden occupies the interior of the enclosure and the outer bank in the S sector has been levelled (Shanahan and Kirby 2015). O'Kelly (1969, 176) refers to, 'a Moat here [Oldtown] locally called the Raheen', which probably relates to this monument as no other enclosure is indicated in this townland on either the 1st. ed. map or the 1947 revision.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 August 2021
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Shanahan, S. and Kirby, B. 2015 Burnchurch, Oldtown, Kilkenny. Excavation licence no. 15E0537. Excavations.ie: database of Irish excavation reports; https://excavations.ie/report/2015/Kilkenny/0025692/, accessed 18 August 2021.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.