Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 52.51002, -6.97423
- SMR number
- KK029-032002-
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
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
On the summit of Brandon Hill, c. 15m N of a hilltop cairn (KK029-032001-). A circular area (int. diam. 6.9m E-W; 6.6m N-S; ext. diam. 10.3m N-S; 10.1m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.6-2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3-0.4m). The stones are on average c. 0.25cm in diameter, with some boulders (dims c. 1m x c. 1m) included. The stone spread is well grassed in. There is no visible entrance.
Attached images: KK029-032002-_01 from SE; KK029-032002-02 from NE
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 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.