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Cairn - unclassified

Brandonhill (Gowran By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cairn - unclassified, Brandonhill, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brandonhill (Gowran By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.50431, -6.97354
SMR number
KK033-008002-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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 a very steep SW-facing slope of Brandon Hill. The cairn is just inside the perimeter of large enclosure (KK033-008001-) at NW where the straight wall of the enclosure runs up the slope. A circular cairn (basal diam. 8.9m NW-SE; 8.6m NE-SW; H 1-1.1m rising to 1.5m in the SE-SW downslope sector), covered in peaty clay with grass and heather. The top of the cairn has been dug out, forming two hollows (dims. 2.4m NW-SE; 1.8m NE-SW; D 0.4-0.5m and c. 1.6m) that join together, with spoil to the SW. A fosse (Wth 4.5-4.8m; D 0.8m) is evident from NW-SE, dug into the up-slope side.

Attached images: KK033-008002-_01 the hollows from SW; KK033-008002-_02 fosse at N from W; KK033-008002-_03 cairn from W

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Michael Moore

Date of upload: 13 November 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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