Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Coolroe (gowran By., Graiguenamanagh Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolroe (gowran By., Graiguenamanagh Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54476, -6.98284
- SMR number
- KK029-007----
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
Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) and on the 1900-01 revision as a subcircular area defined by short straight lengths. A public road runs NW-SE along the outer edge of the NNE sector. A circular area (int. diam. 24m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; H 1-1.2m). There was no visible entrance at time of inspection in 1989. The monument is quite heavily overgrown with scrub and trees.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.