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Moated site

Courtnabooly East, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Courtnabooly East, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Courtnabooly East
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.51466, -7.36463
SMR number
KK026-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the base of a gentle SE-facing slope in poorly drained pasture, with good views from E-SE. Another moated site (KK020-017----) is located c. 450m to the WNW and an enclosure (KK026-019----) c. 500m to the E. A raised rectangular area (dims. 60m E-W x 55m N-S) enclosed by a denuded bank (max. ext. H 1.7m; Wth 4m) and fosse/moat (Wth 4.5m) (Barry 1977, 189). The bank, which is overgrown with mature trees and brambles, is best preserved on the W side. It has been breached on the SE and NW side and at the N end of the NE side in order to accommodate gates. The waterlogged fosse/moat is only preserved on the E side, elsewhere it has been infilled. There are two relatively modern farm buildings in the interior, both aligned NW-SE, one in the N portion and one S of centre. A shallow channel (Wth 2.8m) extending NE to a field drain from the E side of the fosse may represent a leat.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 10 May 2022

References

Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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