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Enclosure

Knockanore, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Knockanore, 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
Knockanore
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.55719, -7.18775
SMR number
KK028-001----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The River Nore flows roughly N-S c. 100m to the W. An enclosure (KK028-002----) lies c. 100m to the ESE and another (KK028-003----) lies c. 330m to the SE. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch sheet as an oval enclosure (overall dims. c. 75m NW-SE; c. 56m NE-SW) defined by a bank and external fosse, the latter is depicted as being waterlogged from SW-NNE. A townland boundary runs WNW-ESE through the northern portion of the monument and a field boundary runs roughly N-S through the N sector, joining the townland boundary. The sector E of this field boundary and N of the townland boundary is not depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map, suggesting it may have been levelled by 1839. On the 1948-9 revision of the OS 6-inch map the monument is not indicated, however, a 180ft (c. 55m) contour, indicating the top of a hill, follows the outline of the enclosure. On satellite imagery (Digitalglobe 2011-2013) the S perimeter of the enclosure is visible as scarp.

 

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Nearby in the register

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

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