Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Ballyogan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyogan
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50791, -6.95782
- SMR number
- KK029-033004-
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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 the E-facing slope of Brandon Hill, although in a clearing in forestry it is heavily covered with vegetation including ferns and scrub. It is described by Moore (1849-51, 23) as a 'quadrangular fort', which ‘besides possessing the usual fosse and rampart, contained within the enclosed space foundations of buildings [KK029-033002- to KK029-033007-], laid out apparently in small cells, of which there were about half a dozen, as nearly as I can recollect. These foundations were constructed of regular masonry, which I conceive to be of antiquity coeval with the earthen fortifications which surrounded them’.
The features mentioned by Moore are within a possible moated site (KK029-033001-). No internal features were visible when the moated site was visited in 2016, though heavy overgrowth of vegetation would have impeded any identification.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 March 2022
References
Moore, Rev. P. 1849-51 Observations on raths. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 1, 22-6.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.