Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Woolengrange, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woolengrange
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.55673, -7.18524
- SMR number
- KK028-002----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
On a height overlooking the River Nore which flows roughly N-S c. 280m to the W. An enclosure (KK028-001----) lies c. 100m to the WNW and another (KK028-003----) lies c. 200m to the SE. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-rectangular enclosure (overall dims. c. 55m NE-SW; c. 38m NW-SE) with a field boundary running WNW-ESE through the northern sector and another running from this field boundary SSE through the centre of the monument. On satellite imagery (Digitalglobe 2011-2013) the enclosure is visible defined by a low bank.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.