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Enclosure

Thorntown, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Thorntown, 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
Thorntown
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.47707, -6.32833
SMR number
DU011-094003-

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

In 2005 geophysical survey (Licence no. 05R023) on the crest of an elongated ridge revealed an enclosure complex. In the west of the site is a subrectangular enclosure with the longer axis running E-W. Not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 09 January 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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