Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
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
- SMR number
- KK029-041002-
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The National Monuments Service's description
On Brandon Hill. According to Shearman (1876-8, 195-6), ‘The summit of the hill is crowned by a large cairn [KK029-032001-]; on the northern side is a circle of standing stones [KK029-032002-], about 15 yards in diameter, and on the south slope is a smaller circle [KK029-041001-] and a mound of earth [KK029-041002-] called St. Brendan’s Hermitage’. The precise location of the smaller circle, possible a hut site, and the mound is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 March 2022
References
Shearman, Rev. J.F. 1876-8 Loca Patriciana – Part XI. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 14, 188-245.