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Moated site

Fiddaun Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Fiddaun Lower, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Fiddaun Lower
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.51108, -7.02378
SMR number
KK029-030----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Surrounded by tillage and pasture. Indicated as a roughly rectangular area on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map, with a townland/parish boundary kinking eastward to avoid it. On the 1900-01 revision a small field is indicated at the location. Based on this cartographic evidence, Barry (1977, 190), stated that the enclosure has been, 'Removed between 1839 and 1900'. However, the enclosure is visible at ground level as a slightly raised area (max dims. c. 30m by 32m), defined by a field boundary to the SE and SW. There are faint traces of an external fosse. It is overgrown with trees and scrub.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 21 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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