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Enclosure

Johnstown (Balrothery East By.), County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Johnstown, County Dublin, 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
Johnstown (Balrothery East By.)
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54695, -6.22842
SMR number
DU007-062----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). This site was subject to geophysical survey (05R062) and testing (05E1063) which revealed a double D-shaped enclosure 42m NS x 41m EW with internal features.

Compiled by: David O’Connor

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 3 December 2014

Lohan, K. 2006, Archaeological Assessment & Impact statement: Nevitt, Tooman, Jordanstown, Johnstown, Walshestown & Knightstown, Fingal, Co. Dublin. Licence 05E1063. Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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