Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Powerstown East, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerstown East
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.61421, -7.00449
- SMR number
- KK025-011----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
Indicated as a possible sand pit (dims. c. 20m N-S; c. 26m E-W) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with a trackway running N from the pit before turning W and running to a large quarry where a row of adjoining limekilns is indicated. On the 1900 revision the feature is indicated as a small oval enclosure (dims. c. 20m N-S; c. 30m E-W) of similar size, defined by a bank. The enclosure is depicted at the junction of four fields. On satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 25 April 2021) the enclosure, which appears to be levelled, is bounded on the S and W side by the quarry (Kilcarrig Quarries - Milford), which has been vastly extended to the S and somewhat to the W from that indicated on the 1900 revision. The S and W bank of the enclosure may be incorporated in the field boundaries separating the enclosure from the quarry. A corn-drying kiln (KK025-049----) was uncovered during archaeological excavations c. 30m to the S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 February 2022
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.