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Enclosure

Newtown (Coolock By., Finglas ED), County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Newtown, 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
Newtown (Coolock By., Finglas ED)
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.42174, -6.31154
SMR number
DU014-007----

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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

Situated on a slight rise in a large open field of tillage. An oval-shaped, single-ditched enclosure (max. dims. L 33m; Wth. 30m ) appears as a cropmark on a Cambridge aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGM 68). Visible on Bing (Viewed 22 January 2015). Entrance to the east. Not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 22 January 2015

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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