Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Kilcannon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcannon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.52229, -6.54126
- SMR number
- WX020-019----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a steep SE-facing slope down to the NE-SW River Slaney that is c. 300m distant. The oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJP 83) shows the cropmark of a line (L c. 125m NW-SE) of pits (diam. c. 2m) placed c. 5m apart. These pits mark the line of a field boundary marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map and probably represent a line of ornamental trees close to a farmhouse.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 31 May, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.