Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danesfort
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.56708, -7.24036
- SMR number
- KK023-077----
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 woodland, covered in trees. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 50m) is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1947 revision, shown on both within a woodland plantation. There is a large enclosure (KK023-076----). c. 100m to the SW and a ringwork and bailey (KK023-080----) c. 500m to the E.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.