Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Columbkille, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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
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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.