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Enclosure

Ashford,Rooaun (Moycarn By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ashford, Rooaun, County Galway, 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
Ashford,Rooaun (Moycarn By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.34043, -8.22158
SMR number
GA074A001----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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 level grassland near N limits of Ballinasloe town. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a U-shaped enclosure. What survives is a very poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (NNE-SSW 46m, WNW-ESE 40m) defined by a degraded scarp, quarried out at N. The td. boundary overlies the enclosing element at E. The level of the interior is lower than the surrounding terrain.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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