Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oldtown (knocktopher By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldtown (knocktopher By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.52271, -7.21298
- SMR number
- KK027-049----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 and the 1948 revision as a roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 36m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SE) surrounded (at a distance of c. 5-13m) by an outer enclosure (dims. c. 60m NE-SW and NW-SE), which is sub-square with curving angles to the E and S. On the 1948 ed. the outer enclosure is shown as being enclosed by a field boundary. as a roughly circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 44m). On satellite imagery there are trees growing around the perimeters and in the interior is under grass.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 4 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.