Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Furzehouse, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Furzehouse
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61496, -7.21883
- SMR number
- KK023-127----
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
An aerial photograph (GB96.FW.10, 20 July 1996) shows a cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing SW; a conjoined rectangular enclosure (KK023-128----) with an entrance facing NW extends to the N. The sub-circular enclosure is conjoined to the E with a circular enclosure (KK023-112----). A ring-ditch (KK023-129----) is located c. 5m NW of the sub-circular enclosure.
See attached:
KK023-127----_01 aerial photograph (GB96.FW.10, 20 July 1996)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland
Date of revised upload: 8 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.