Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Brandonhill (gowran By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brandonhill (gowran By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50980, -6.97415
- SMR number
- KK029-032001-
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
On the summit of Brandon Hill, c. 15m S of an enclosure (KK029-032002-). There is a windbreak built into the base of the cairn at NW and a concrete feature, like a pillbox c. 5m to the SW. A conical cairn (basal diam. 17m E-W; 16.5m N-S; H 2.7m) composed of fairly large stones.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.