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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
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 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

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

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

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