Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Kilkieran (gowran By., Famma Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkieran (gowran By., Famma Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.51436, -7.04754
- SMR number
- KK029-023----
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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
On a SE-facing slope, in pasture. Indicated as a rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 32m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with a field boundary running NW-SE along the NE perimeter. It is similarly depicted on the 1900-01 revision of this map, though the S and W angles are shown as curved. Barry (1977, 190) describes this as a moated site, 'Centrally positioned on south-east facing slope. Very eroded site. No banks'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 March 2022
References
Barry, T.B. 1977 Medieval moated sites of south-eastern Ireland. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 35. Oxford.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.