Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Racecourse
Myshall, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Myshall
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68269, -6.76390
- SMR number
- CW017-041----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R4/11-12). When inspected by ASI in 1988 it was described as a circular enclosure (D c. 100m) defined by low bank (ext. H 1 - 1.3m) enclosing the summit of a large hill. It appears to have been levelled sometime between 2009 and 2011 (see Google Earth imagery). According to local information it was used as a racecourse in the 19th century.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 20 November 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.