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Enclosure

Ballyknock Lower,Carrowncashlane (Decies without Drum By., Kilgobnet Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, County Waterford, 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
Ballyknock Lower,Carrowncashlane (Decies without Drum By., Kilgobnet Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.12318, -7.62443
SMR number
WA031-007----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked as a subcircular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W) incorporating the townland boundary with Ballyknock Lower S-NW on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a severe S-facing slope. This is a trapezoidal grass-covered area (dims. 42m N-S; 26m E-W at S to 50m E-W at N) defined by a field bank and townland boundary S-NW, a wide straight E-W fosse (Wth 10m; int. D 0.5m; ext. D 0.8m) at N and a scarp (H 0.8-1.3m) NE-S. It may have functioned as a bawn to tower house (WA031-006----) which is just outside the perimeter at the NE.

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: 3rd August, 2010. Compiled by: Michael Moore

Nearby in the register

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

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