Overview
Indicated — Dreelingstown is recorded as Barrow — unclassified in Kilkenny. Surrounded on three sides by streams. OS 6-inch map as a roughly lozenge-shaped area (dims.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Surrounded on three sides by streams.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: c. 55m NW-SE) with five concentric circles within the interior, the inner circle being N of centre of the lozenge and the outer three circles are only represented by arcs, as their radius would have extended beyond the boundary of the lozenge-shaped enclosure.
What was found
The saved account records: OS 6-inch map as a roughly lozenge-shaped area (dims.
What remains
The saved account records: The circles indicated diameters of c. 12m, 25m, 40m and the arc of the outer circles, if complete, would give diameters of c. 50m, 70m and 90m.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Dreelingstown matters because the source ties barrow — unclassified to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: On satellite imagery it is evident that the monument has been levelled, with only the SW edge being retained as part of a field boundary.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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