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Enclosure - large enclosure

Taghart South, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Taghart South, 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
Taghart South
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.95166, -6.88870
SMR number
CV029-016----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (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

Located on a gentle W and N-facing slope down to the small Taghart Lough at W. A large D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 110m E-W; c. 110m N-S) with the straight side against the NE-SW lakeshore at W is most clearly visible on Google Earth (17/01/2020) but is also visible on other Google images. It appears to be defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m) and outer fosse (Wth c. 5m) NW-NE, and by a fosse alone NE-S. A WNW-ESE field bank and drain truncates the SW edge of the enclosure and it does not appear to survive S of this feature. The field in which it is located has relict WNW-ESE cultivation ridges running parallel with the S field bank. It is also visible on other aerial images, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 12 July 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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