Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Archerstown, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Archerstown
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indciated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80592, -7.39161
- SMR number
- LA035-049----
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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
Part of a sub-circular enclosure (C c. 100m SW-NNW) indicated on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map and visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 33-4; S 103-4). It is defined by a scarp from S-SW, and by a bank (Wth c. 2.5m, ext. H c. 1m) from SW-NNW. An external fosse (Wth c. 3.8m) is present from SE-NNW. No other visible surface remains. The interior rises with the natural topography. A possible mass-rock (LA035-049001-) is located in the NE quadrant close to the bank of the stream. The stream forms the county boundary between Laois and Kilkenny.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revised upload: 6 June 2017
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.