Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large 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
- 52.58992, -7.06189
- SMR number
- KK024-141----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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
In tillage. A slightly irregular large circular enclosure (diam. c. 80m) identified as a cropmark on Google Earth Pro imagery (imagery date 14 July 2018) by Jean-Charles Caillère and Simon Dowling. A field boundary runs roughly E-W along and into the interior of the S quadrant of the enclosure in a zig-zag fashion. The S edge of the enclosure is not visible as it is in an adjoining field with a different crop. An outer fosse, at a distance of c. 4m from the inner fosse, runs concentrically in the NW quadrant, widening in the N to a distance of c. 10m and continues to run towards the SE for a further c. 60m. It may turn towards the SW to form an annexe adjoining the E quadrant of the enclosure, but this is unclear from the cropmark.
See attached photograph:
CW024-141----_01 Image ©2019 CNEW/Airbus: Google Earth Pro satellite imagery (14 July 2018)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.