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Concentric enclosure

Croan (Shillelogher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Concentric enclosure, Croan, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Croan (Shillelogher By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.57359, -7.21266
SMR number
KK023-082----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A circular enclosure (diam. c. 34m) indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1947 revision. Most of the E portion of the enclosure lies within a fallow rectangular area (dims. c. 36m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW). Satellite imagery (Apple Maps) shows the perimeter of the portion of the enclosure within the rectangular field as an upstanding bank while the W and N perimeter is visible as the cropmark of a fosse. Also visible to the NE and SW, though not from W-N-NE, is a possible outer fosse, c. 20m from the inner enclosing element, which suggests that this may be a concentric enclosure.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 26 June 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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