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Enclosure

Drummeen East, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Drummeen East, 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
Drummeen East
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.79911, -9.02781
SMR number
CL041-197----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 low NE slope of a NE-SW ridge in pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 34m) defined by a scarp visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on Google Earth (imagery date10 February 2021) reported to the National Monuments Service by Jean-Charles Caillère. This is the most NE of a line of six ringforts along the ridge. A ring-barrow (CL041-041----) lies c. 153m to the SW.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL041-197----_01.jpg Google Earth image 10 February 2021

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 18 January 2022

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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