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Settlement deserted - medieval

Castletown (iverk By), County Kilkenny, Ireland

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Townland
Castletown (iverk By)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.39784, -7.38078
SMR number
KK034-032010-

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David 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 lower S-facing slope of Kilmacoliver Hill, overlooking the valley of the River Suir. The medieval church and graveyard (KK034-032002-) are located on the site of an early medieval monastery, as evidenced by four high crosses (KK034-032004-; KK034-032005-; KK034-032006-; KK034-032007-) within the graveyard. An archaeological excavation within the graveyard in 1985 (Hurley 1988, 124-34) revealed a wall and possible bank beneath it which may have been the ecclesiastical enclosure (KK034-032011-). Enclosed by this wall there was a layer of organically-enriched soil with associated medieval pottery which the excavator interpreted as a possible occupation layer (ibid. 130). Also revealed were a slot trench and post holes (ibid.).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 20 August 2018

References

Hurley, M. F. 1988 Excavations at an early ecclesiastical enclosure at Kilkieran, county Kilkenny. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 118, 124-34.

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

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