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Enclosure

Rallekaystown, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Rallekaystown, 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
Rallekaystown
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not Indicated
Coordinates
53.54942, -6.15396
SMR number
DU008-114----

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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

Located on the SSW facing slopes of a broad WNW-ESE running ridge, known locally as 'Seaver's Hill , with very extensive views E towards the sea, S to the Dublin mountains, and W along the ridge. Views to the N somewhat restricted by higher ground. Situated centrally in a large arable field c. 23m E of the road between Lusk and Skerries, and c. 96.5m ESE of the centre of a ring-ditch (DU008-113----) to other side of this road. A trapezoidal enclosure with the longer side to the N (ext. diam. c. 42.5m NNE-SSW and c. 37.5m WNW- ESE) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2.7m). Within the interior, attached to the centre of the E perimeter, is a sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 7.8m), which may represent an entrance feature.

Identified on the Digital Globe mapping by Christine Baker and Anthony Murphy, appearing as a crop-mark.

Image taken from Google Pro 26 June 2018.

Compiled by: Margaret Keane

Uploaded on: 4 September 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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