Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danesfort
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58421, -7.21744
- SMR number
- KK023-152----
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
On a gentle S-facing slope in pasture. Excavated in 2007 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road improvement scheme (Licence no. E3458). A short curvilinear trench and three post-holes representing a prehistoric shelter or the ephemeral remains of a domestic dwelling. A single pit was discovered 2.5m to the NE. The design and proximity to Late Neolithic and Bronze Age remains suggest a prehistoric date. (Jennings 2010, 241, no. 905; 2012)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 26 November 2013
References
Jennings, R. 2012 N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford Scheme, Phase 4: Knocktopher to Powerstown. Preliminary report. E3458. Danesfort 9. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Jennings, R. 2010 AR086, Danesfort. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 241, no. 905. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.