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Enclosure

Carntullagh, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Carntullagh, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carntullagh
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.62133, -8.42649
SMR number
DG097-046----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on a terrace on the S-facing slope of a limestone bluff, overlooking a small, steep-sided glen, on a broad peninsula which defines the E side of Killybegs Bay. The local terrain is sharply undulating, and broken by limestone outcropping. Rising ground restricts views to N, but there are excellent views to S over the bay. Ground falls away immediately to S for several meters, and then drops precipitously into the glen. The glen extends NE–SW, opening at its SW end onto a small stony beach.
Circular area (19m E–W; 18m N–S) defined by a stone wall, reduced now to wall-footings. The wall is evident as a low, gapped grass-covered rise (Wth 1.5-2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2-0.5m), with stones protruding randomly around the circuit. There is a gap (Wth 3m) at W, possibly an original entrance. The interior is not raised relative to exterior ground level; in the N half it slopes down gently from N to S mirroring the natural gradient of the ridge.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 29 November 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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