Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Carran (Gowran By., Dunbell ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carran (Gowran By., Dunbell ED)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.61054, -7.14086
- SMR number
- KK024-022----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Within a small tree plantation, overgrown with trees and scrub. A rectangular enclosure (overall dims. c. 51m NW-SE; c. 48m NE-SW; int. dims. c. 43m NW-SE; c. 37m NE-SW) enclosed by a slight internal bank and wide waterlogged fosse/moat (Wth c. 2.5-3m; D c. 1-1.5m), except on the S side where the fosse is dry and shallower (D c. 0.5m). Small boulders noted in the interior in the NW sector may indicate internal structures.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.