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Enclosure

Rathduff (Kells By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Rathduff, 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
Rathduff (Kells By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53567, -7.26157
SMR number
KK027-032----

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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

Not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1948 revision. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 38m), the fosse of which was identified as a cropmark on aerial photographs (CUCAP AYK048, 9 July 1969; ASIAP (21) 13, 1995). An outer fosse is visible as a concentric arc, c. 15m from the inner fosse, in the N sector. This outer fosse is probably truncated by a field boundary which runs NNW-SSE along the W side of the enclosure. Another field boundary runs ENE-WSW S of the enclosure, possibly truncating the outer fosse in this sector.

See attached:
KK027-032----_01 aerial photograph CUCAP AYK048, 9 July 1969
KK027-032----_02 aerial photograph ASIAP (21) 13, 1995

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 29 March 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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