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Moated site

Bramblestown,Neigham, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Bramblestown, Neigham, 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
Bramblestown,Neigham
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.60691, -7.07397
SMR number
KK024-027----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Overgrown with trees and scrub. Indicated as a circular enclosure (int. diam. 50m; overall diam. 76m) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map bisected by a public road running NW-SE through the centre of the monument, as it is currently. On the 1899-1902 revision of the 1st ed. map the enclosure is indicated as being sub-rectangular and enclosed by a waterlogged fosse (Wth c. 5-7m). A rectangular enclosure (KK024-151----) identified as a cropmark is located c. 60m to the NW.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 27 September 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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