Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Rathcusack Or Rathcorrig, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcusack Or Rathcorrig
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.58050, -7.17847
- SMR number
- KK024-059003-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
On brow of gentle W-facing slope with good views from S-W-N. The River Nore flows roughly N-S c. 300m to the W. A public road runs roughly N-S c. 10m to the E. There is a medieval church (KK024-059001-) centrally placed within the ecclesiastical enclosure. A circular area (overall diam. c. 63m; int. diam. c. 50m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.7m; Wth 7m) and external fosse (Wth 3.7m; D 0.6m). A later stone wall, enclosing the graveyard (KK024-059002-) was built on the fosse of the ecclesiastical enclosure, the internal bank of the enclosure being retained within the stone wall of the graveyard. The fosse is best seen where it projects beyond the stone wall in the S sector from ESE-S-SSW, it has been infilled from W-NW.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 29 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.