Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Maplestown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maplestown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.91365, -6.73369
- SMR number
- CW001-001----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Shown on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map as oval rise (indicated by 400 ft contour) enclosed by bank (dims. c. 70m NW-SE, 60m NE-SW). Bank ploughed out c. 30 years ago. Appears to be a small drumlin-like gravel mound.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burnt mound1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.