Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlegarden, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlegarden
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.56005, -7.07644
- SMR number
- KK028-015----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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
In a forestry plantation. On satellite imagery (OSi imagery date 2013 to 2018) the monument is overgrown with trees and scrub with a buffer zone (Wth c. 15m) separating it from the surrounding plantation. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure with rounded corners and on the 1948-9 revision as a subcircular enclosure (overall diam. c. 50m) defined by a wide bank (overall Wth c. 13m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.