Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lawcus, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lawcus
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.53932, -7.24050
- SMR number
- KK027-034----
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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 on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m). On the 1948 revision of this map only the N of the bank/scarp and external fosse are indicated, with a field boundary indicating the enclosing element in the S sector. The fosse is visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK056, 9 July 1969) with a large dark area in the interior and extending E and W across the fosse, which is possibly indicated former quarrying. On satellite imagery (Digitalglobe 2005-2012) the fosse of this oval enclosure (diam. c. 56m N-S; c. 50m E-W) is visible in the N and SE sectors.
See attached:
KK027-034----_01 aerial photograph CUCAP AYK056, 9 July 1969
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 3 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.