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Enclosure

Coad, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Coad, 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
Coad
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.96271, -9.07472
SMR number
CL017-068----

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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

On a gentle E-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Only the S half of this very poorly preserved enclosure is visible, as a slightly sunken semicircle (c. 22m E-W) to the S of a later ENE-WSW field wall which bisects the enclosure. This semicircle is defined by a slight internal scarp (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) at the W and an external scarp (Wth 1m; H 0.3m) at the E. The N edge of the enclosure may be represented by a short length of earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.5m) lying c. 5m N of the field wall. This nettle-covered bank is overlaid by remnants of drystone wall. The enclosure is situated in the N centre of a mid-19th century racecourse (CL017-202001-).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 14 August 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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