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
- 52.51060, -7.04789
- SMR number
- KK029-025----
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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
Overgrown with trees and scrub, in rough pasture though surrounding field has been reclaimed, c. 220m N of the river Sruhnasilloge. It is described by Barry (1977, 190) as a, 'Platform raised c. 1m above field level. Int. bank 2m wide and 50cm high. Heaped corners. Wet moat 2.4m wide and 1.70m deep'. Another moated site (KK029-023----) is located c. 400m to the N. A field boundary runs NW-SE along the W side and another, now levelled, ran roughly E from the NE angle.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.