Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knocktopherabbey, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocktopherabbey
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.47657, -7.22223
- SMR number
- KK031-110----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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
In tillage. An oval enclosure (dims. c. 38m NE-SW; c. 33m NW-SE), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (OS ortho imagery, 2004-2006). There is another enclosure (KK031-109----) c. 65m to the NE and a ringfort (KK031-022----) c. 110m to the SW.
See attached imagery:
KK031-110----_01 OS ortho imagery, 2004-2006
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.