Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Sheepstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheepstown
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK031-015005-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Hogan (1860-61, 384), speculates that the, ‘church of Sheepstown [KK031-015001-], down to a very modern period, stood in the centre of a public common, no doubt the site of the ancient town, and from which may be traced the remains of old roads radiating in sundry directions’. There is no indication of this settlement on either the 1st (1839) or 2nd (1901) ed. 6-inch OS map and it is not visible on the OS ortho or Digitalglobe aerial imagery. The precise location of this possible settlement is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 February 2017
References
Hogan, J. 1860-61 Topographical and historical illustrations of the suburbs of Kilkenny. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 6, 335-87.