Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Courtnaboghilla, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Courtnaboghilla
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60376, -7.03946
- SMR number
- KK025-019----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the base of a N-facing slope with limited views, surrounded by pasture. A raised rectangular area (int. dims. 44.3m E-W x 28.5m N-S) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank (ext. H 1.9m; Wth 4m) and waterlogged fosse (Wth 3-3.5m). The bank is best preserved to the W and S; denuded to the N and partially levelled to the E. The fosse is covered in dense overgrowth, trees and scrub, but is clearly defined on all sides. A low external couterscarp bank (ext. H 0.5m; Wth 2.5m) is visible on the E side only. There are traces of a causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) visible to the SW. Barry (1977, 189) notes a possible entrance in the middle of the NW (N) side.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 March 2022
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.