Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Castlemore, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlemore
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80924, -6.76722
- SMR number
- CW008-090----
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
In tillage. A large enclosure (int. diam. c. 70m) identified as a cropmark by Faith Bailey and Simon Dowling on satellite imagery (Google Earth Pro, imagery date 14 July 2018). The enclosure is defined by a very wide fosse (Wth c. 10m). The fosse in the N quadrant is truncated by a field boundary running NE-SW across it. A mound barrow (CW008-034----) is located c. 80m to the NE and a motte and bailey (CW008-033001-) is located c. 300m to the W.
See attached image:
CW008-090----_01 Google Earth Pro Image © 2019 CNES/Airbus
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.