Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Island, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Island
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83990, -6.61575
- SMR number
- CW009-049----
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. The larger (CW009-049----) of two sub-square enclosures, defined by a cropmark, is visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 14 July 2018), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. This enclosure (dims. c. 18m E-W; c. 16m N-S) is located c. 4m E of a somewhat smaller enclosure (CW009-048----).
See attached:
CW009-049----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 25 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.