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Enclosure

Killasseragh, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Killasseragh, County Cork, 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
Killasseragh
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
St Lassers Church (Site of) (1936)
Coordinates
52.03388, -8.13570
SMR number
CO054-056001-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

In pasture, on S-facing slope. Two parallel flat-topped stones (axis NW-SE) stand 1.8m apart (NE stone: H 1.4m; 0.7m x 0.3m; SW stone: H 1.3m; 0.9m x 0.4m). Displaced slab (L 2.4m; 2.1m x 0.3m) leans against upright stones on SW side. Running SW for c. 8m towards field fence low mound or bank (Wth c.4m; H c. 0.4m) with line of low upright stones along NW and SE edges. This may be feature referred to by Franklin (1897, 383) as 'avenue of stones'; he considered the site to be remains of 'Cromlech' but more probably remains of enclosure entrance. The attachment of church name (CO054-056002-) to site on OS 6-inch map may be cartographic error and more likely refers to enclosure c. 3000m to NNE (CO054-057001-).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Nearby in the register

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

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