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Enclosure - large enclosure

Ardan, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Ardan, County Cavan, 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
Ardan
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.06087, -7.45656
SMR number
CV015-078----

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a SW-facing slope among the drumlins of Lough Oughter. A large subrectangular but curvilinear grass-covered area (dims c. 100m WNW-ESE; c. 90m NNE0-SSW) is visible on Digital Globe (2017) and on OSI images (2018). It appears to be defined by a broad earthen bank or scarp, but the perimeter is incorporated into a field bank W-NW and had been incorporated into a field bank S-W (1908 OS 6-inch map) that is now removed. It is also visible on Google Earth (24/03/2017; 07/02/2019) and the perimeter at E was incorporated in a field bank (1835 OS 6-inch map) that has also been removed. It was first reported by Liam Kenny.

See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 June 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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