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
- 52.59591, -7.08098
- SMR number
- KK024-121----
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 circular enclosure (diam. c. 46m) defined by a fosse, identified as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (GB91.EQ.31; 20 August 1991) and visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 14 July 2018). A curving public road runs NE-SW through the enclosure, the NW portion of the enclosure is visible on the satellite imagery. A relic stream, also visible as a cropmark, is located c. 280m to the ESE. Also visible as cropmarks are a rectilinear enclosure (KK024-119----) c. 190m to the W and a curvilinear enclosure (KK024-121----) c. 270m to the SE. Other cropmarks visible in the field may be part of an associated field system.
See attached:
KK024-121----_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.