Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Bramblestown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bramblestown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59589, -7.07803
- SMR number
- KK024-119----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
A rectilinear enclosure (dims. c. 33m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW) defined by a fosse, identified as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (GB91.EQ.30; 20 August 1991) and visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 14 July 2018), the S side of the enclosure is not visible. A relic stream, also visible as a cropmark, is located c. 54m to the E. Also visible as cropmarks are a curvilinear enclosure (KK024-120----) c. 80m to the SSE and a circular enclosure (KK024-121----) c. 190m to the W. Other cropmarks visible in the field may be part of an associated field system.
See attached:
KK024-119----_01 satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 14 July 2018)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Dr. Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland
Date of upload: 20 October 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.