Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Portrushen Lower, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portrushen Lower
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.88558, -6.59541
- SMR number
- CW004-046----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 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
Aerial photograph (GSIAP R6/22) shows possible cropmark of an earthwork and 1839 OS '6-inch map' indicates curved almost semi-circular field boundary which may represent W half of an enclosure. On slight W facing slope. No visible surface traces noted when inspected by ASI in July 1987.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.