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Concentric enclosure

Columbkille, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Concentric enclosure, Columbkille, 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
Columbkille
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53443, -7.12581
SMR number
KK028-104----

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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

In tillage. A roughly concentric circular enclosure (total diam. c. 68m N-S; c. 70m E-W) defined by a cropmark is visible on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 13 August 2015; © 2020 Here), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. There is a gap of c. 6-10m between the inner and outer enclosure. There is a ring-ditch (KK028-105----) 50m to the SE.

See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 13 August 2015)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 20 April 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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