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Enclosure

Dunbell Big, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Dunbell Big, 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
Dunbell Big
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.61152, -7.17236
SMR number
KK024-017----

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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

In pasture with a deep large quarry c. 50m to the W and extending into the field c. 40m to the N. A ringfort (KK024-016----) is located c. 200m to the W and another enclosure (KK024-015----) is located immediately beyond the latter, another enclosure (KK024-018----) is located c. 270m to the SW.
A sub-square enclosure (diam. c. 50m) with two curvilinear and two straight-sides and rounded angles identified as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (CUCAP ATA015, 19 July 1967; CUCAP BGG094, 16 July 1971). The monument is not indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map or on the 1899-1902 revision, nor is it visible on satellite imagery.

See attached:
KK024-017----_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP ATA015, 19 July 1967)
KK024-017----_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG094, 16 July 1971)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 10 November 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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