Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Clashwilliam (gowran By., Gowran Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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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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
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.