Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mortarstown Lower, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mortarstown Lower
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80525, -6.95866
- SMR number
- CW007-185----
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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)
- 1811 · 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
In tillage. There is a stream c. 150m to the W which flows SW to join the River Barrow, which flows N-S c. 430m to the W. A curvilinear enclosure (overall dims. c. 46m NW-SE; c. 44m NE-SW) visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, 28 March 2019 and 19 July 2021), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère.
See attached photograph:
CW007-185----_01 Satellite image (Google Earth, 28 March 2019)
CW007-185----_02 Satellite image (Google Earth, 19 July 2021)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.