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Enclosure

Milltown, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Milltown, 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
Milltown
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1921)
Coordinates
52.86895, -8.78657
SMR number
CL035-016----

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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 slightly elevated area overlooking a short, steep slope to SE and a gentle slope to SW, in pasture with reasonable views. There are a lot of surface undulations and rock outcrop exposed across this field. Depicted on the 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. 40m) truncated by a field boundary (aligned c. E-W) across the N sector. Depicted as a penannular enclosure on the 25-inch OS map, where it is truncated by a field boundary (aligned NW-SE) across the NE-sector and is abutting a field boundary to SW. Depicted on the 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map truncated by field boundaries (aligned NW-SE) across NE and SW-sectors. Not visible at ground level. An enclosure (CL035-013001-), a megalithic structure (CL035-013002-) and a standing stone (CL035-013003-) are c. 68m to WSW and a megalithic tomb (CL035-015----) is c. 65m to SW.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen

Date of upload: 8 November 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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