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
- 52.60925, -7.17524
- SMR number
- KK024-018----
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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
An oval enclosure (dims. c. 39m NE-SW; c. 32m NW-SE) is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map but not on the subsequent 1899-1902 revision. A multivallate ringfort (KK024-016----) is located c. 140m to the N and, according to Prim (1872-3, 225), there is an enclosure c. 250m to the NW. An aerial photograph (GB89.Q.30, 13 July 1989) shows the N half of the monument as a cropmark (diam. c. 40m NE-SW), defined by two closely spaced fosses. A field boundary runs NE-SW through the centre. S of the field boundary the monument is largely obscured under dense vegetation. An associated field system (KK024-122----) surrounding the enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.
See attached:
KK024-018----_01 aerial photograph (GB89.Q.30, 13 July 1989)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.