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Henge

Clashwilliam (Gowran By., Gowran ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Henge, Clashwilliam, 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
Clashwilliam (Gowran By., Gowran ED)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.61105, -7.11048
SMR number
KK024-024----

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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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Indicated as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a circular depression with trees in the interior on the revision. Subsequently levelled, the monument is visible as a well-defined cropmark on an aerial photographs (CUCAP AVL081, 15 July 1968; AYK074, 9 July 1969; BGH004 and 005, 16 July 1971). The circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) is defined by a wide deep inner fosse and broad outer bank which is further enclosed by a slot trench (Gibbons 1990, 7). There is a possible single entrance in the E.

See attached:
KK024-024----_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGH004, 16 July 1971)
KK024-024----_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK074, 9 July 1969)

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 2 February 2012

References

Gibbons, M. 1990 The archaeology of early settlement in county Kilkenny. In W. Nolan , K. Whelan (eds.), Kilkenny: history and society, 1-32. Dublin. Geography Publications.

Nearby in the register

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

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