Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Aghclare, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghclare
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.54877, -6.98748
- SMR number
- KK029-006----
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
On SE-facing slope, c. 40m of the Aghclare river with excellent views to NE-E but elsewhere obstructed by surrounding hills. A bowl-shaped mound defined by a high, steep-sided scarp and fosse around the base. The mound and fosse were heavily overgrown with gorse and brambles at time of inspection in 1994, which prevented measurements being taken.
See attached photographs:
KK029-006----_01 From E, 9 November 1994
KK029-006----_02 From SE, 9 November 1994
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.