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Enclosure

Ballycorey, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballycorey, 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
Ballycorey
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1921)
Coordinates
52.86737, -8.97266
SMR number
CL033-124----

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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 the E-facing slope of a valley opening out to Lough Girroga, c. 200m to the S, in reclaimed pasture. Hachured N-SSW on the 1916 OS 6-inch map with the W side indicated by a curve in the field boundary. An enclosure (38.4m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) NW-SW. From SW to NW the boundary is defined by a curving field wall with dense growth on its W side. The interior slopes significantly to the E. The curving scarp is visible on Digital Globe orthophotography (2011-2013). A cairn of stones (H 1m; Wth 2m) lies outside the scarp at SE. Another scarp close to the SE edge of the enclosure may be connected with the reclamation of the field. ’Loughgirroga Fort’ (CL033-041----) lies c. 230m to the SE in an area of unreclaimed scrub. Another larger enclosure (CL033-038----) lay c. 350m to the SE in an area now occupied by modern houses.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL033-124----_01.jpg View of enclosure on Digital Globe (2011-2013)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 17 January 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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