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Enclosure

Deelin More, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Deelin More, 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
Deelin More
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.08179, -9.09100
SMR number
CL006-212002-

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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

Attached to the SW wall of a cashel (CL006-212----) on a prominent terrace on the SE extent of Ailwee Hill commanding the valley below. A large suboval enclosure (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) defined by a drystone wall. Adjacent walls form a field system (CL006-212003-). This monument was reported to the National Monuments Service by Michael Gibbons.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 15 June 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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