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Enclosure

Baronsland (Gowran By., Woolengrange ED), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Baronsland, 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
Baronsland (Gowran By., Woolengrange ED)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.56981, -7.16697
SMR number
KK024-081001-

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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)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the brow of a N-facing slope in arable land with good views from NE-E-SE. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1899-1902 revision as an oval enclosure (overall diam. c. 72m N-S; c. 66m E-W; int. diam. c. 50m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a bank, fosse and outer bank. Though subsequently levelled, the SW-W sector of the monument is visible as a low earthen bank (max. H 0.4m; Wth 2.2m). A curving field boundary runs along the SE-SW perimeter and may incorporate the outer bank in this sector. The fosse (Wth c. 5m) is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 13 August 2015). Local tradition associates the enclosure with a souterrain (KK024-081002-) of which there is no indication at ground level.

See attached:
KK024-081001-_01 satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 13 August 2015)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 11 October 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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