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Enclosure

Croaghaun (Inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Croaghaun, 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
Croaghaun (Inchiquin By.)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1921)
Coordinates
52.86317, -9.07167
SMR number
CL033-011----

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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 on a hilltop in reclaimed pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured as a circular feature (diam. c. 25m) on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and clearly hachured as having a bank and fosse on the 25-inch map. It is not visible at ground level however faint traces on the N extent can be made out on a Google Earth image taken in September 2009 (diam. c. 30m) and a possible central circular feature (diam. c. 9m) can be seen on a Google Earth image taken on 10 February 2021.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL033-011----_01.jpg Google Earth image 2009
CL033-011----_02.jpg Google Earth image 2021

Revised by: Mary Tunney

Date of revision: 16 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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