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Enclosure - large enclosure

Cloonkea, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Cloonkea, 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
Cloonkea
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.21512, -8.07685
SMR number
GA109-063----

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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 grassland, midway along a gentle S-facing slope. This possible large roughly subcircular enclosure (c. 90m E-W; 82.5m N-S) is defined by a low rise from SE to SW, a grassy bank (int. H at W 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth 2.1m; max. Wth 5.4m) from SW to NW and a low rise from NW to ENE. From ENE to SE no clear surface trace is visible. The avenue (Wth 2m) to Cloonkea House cuts through it from ESE to WSW. A band of nettles (Wth 3-4m) at NW and NE may indicate the line of a fosse. There is no trace of an entrance gap. The interior is clear and featureless apart from some ash and oak trees that are growing to the N and S of the avenue. This monument was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe.

The following image has been uploaded: GA109-063----_01.jpg View from NW

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 19 July 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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