Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dunbell Big, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunbell Big
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61425, -7.18433
- SMR number
- KK024-003----
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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
Overlooking the River Nore which flows NW-SE c. 90m to the W and c. 30m S of a stream which flows NE-SW into the Nore. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (dims. c. 54m N-S; c. 42m E-W) with a band of trees planted between the enclosure and both the stream and the river. On the 1899-1902 revision of the OS 6-inch map the enclosure and the trees are not depicted. Satellite imagery (viewed on the 14 September 2021) indicates scrubby overgrowth where the enclosure is located and a working quarry encroaching immediately SE of the monument.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 14 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Armorial plaque (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.