Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Kilcannon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcannon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51872, -6.54271
- SMR number
- WX020-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 the flood-plain of the NE-SW River Slaney, backing onto the river at SE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDJ 48) separated from the cropmark of an outer fosse by 15m to 25m. The outer enclosure backs onto the River Slaney (max. ext. dim. c. 80m). It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but the cropmark is visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (2005).
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.