Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Blessington, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blessington
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52861, -7.05176
- SMR number
- KK029-019----
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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
At the NW base of Saddle Hill with a river c. 50m to the S, flowing eastward. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 274), In Mr. Sheehy’s land, in Blessington, is a great “raw,” or rath [KK028-036----] … East of this, at the base of Saddle Hill, and also in Mr. Sheehy’s land, is another very large circular “raw.”. It is indicated as a roughly circular field (diam. c. 66m) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with no enclosing element in the NW quadrant. On the later 1900-01 revision a field boundary is indicated running NE-SW across the perimeter of the NW quadrant. On satellite imagery (Digitalglobe 2011-13, accessed 8 March 2022) the enclosure is visible as a small grass-covered field with trees and scrub growing on the enclosing element.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 March 2022
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.