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Enclosure

Gleninsheen, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Gleninsheen, County Clare, 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
Gleninsheen
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated (1916)
Coordinates
53.06518, -9.14306
SMR number
CL005-142----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in a hollow area in high rocky ground. Listed as ‘Cashel’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) and hachured on the 1st ed OS 6-inch map. Described by Westropp (1899, 380) as a ‘circular fort’. On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by an apparently modern, narrow, drystone wall with no thickening at the base. Two lintels mark and entrance at ESE. A small raised area occupies the centre of the interior.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 20 January 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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