Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ennisnag, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ennisnag
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.56393, -7.23590
- SMR number
- KK023-079----
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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
Located c. 270m E of an N-S river valley, in tillage. The M9 motorway runs NE-SW c. 200m to the W. A circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 70m) indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1947 revision. The monument has subsequently been levelled and the fosse is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (108) 35-36; 22 July 2000).
A ringwork and bailey (KK023-080----) is located c. 400m to the NE and an enclosure (KK023-078----) is located on the W side of the river valley, c. 350m to the W. Two other enclosures (KK023-076---- and KK023-077----) are located c. 460m and c. 410m to the NW respectively.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Furnaceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.