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Enclosure

Lurgan, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Lurgan, 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
Lurgan
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.55304, -8.15741
SMR number
DG103-092----

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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 roughly in the centre of a hillfort (DG103-072----) on the top of a N–S limestone ridge. This enclosure consists of a flat, circular area (22m N–S; 22m E–W) defined on the perimeter by a slight, grass-covered rise, marked by mossy tussocks and occasional stones. There is a break (Wth c. 6m) at N–NNE. The enclosure is barely discernible at ground level. It is located on a plateau which forms a spine of relatively level ground extending N–S through the centre of the hillfort. The enclosure is conjoined on its E side to a possible circular house (DG103-093----). There is a larger circular enclosure (DG103-072----) 13.5m to N, within which there is a cairn (DG103-029----) marking the highest point of the ridge.

Attached image:
DG103-092----_01.JPG Yellow arrows indicate outline of the enclosure, with the possible house (DG103-093----) indicated by a red arrow, viewed from NW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 18 November 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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