Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killesk, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killesk
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29061, -6.90799
- SMR number
- WX039-034003-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated towards the S end of a low S-N spur. The fortified church of Killesk (WX039-034002-) abuts the W side of a rectangular, grass-covered enclosure (dims. 45-50m N S; 32m E-W) defined by a slight bank or scarp, but there is no evidence of burial.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 January, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.