Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilkeany, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkeany
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25301, -7.66449
- SMR number
- WA005-028----
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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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a steep NE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 34m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by slight traces of a fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.2-0.4m) E-SE, a berm SE-W and a scarp (H c. 0.4m) elsewhere on the downslope side. It is bisected by an E-W field bank.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 27 July 2010
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.