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Enclosure

Castlepark, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Castlepark, 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
Castlepark
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.15895, -8.71963
SMR number
GA114-054002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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 flat open pastureland. Aerial reconnaissance in July 1970 (CUCAP BDN 50; see https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com/location/bdn050/ last accessed 11/06/2019) brought to light this large rectangular enclosure (c. 85m NE-SW; 75m NW-SE), which extends off the N side of the bawn (GA114-054001-) associated with ‘Isert Kelly Castle’ (GA114-054----). The enclosure is defined by a barely perceptible inner bank (base Wth 7.24; int. H 0.44m; ext. H 0.16m), fosse (Wth 4.23m) and outer bank (base Wth 5.29m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.12m). The outer bank is only clearly visible along the N side. A curving bank visible in the NW corner of the interior may mark an internal division. The bank along the W side continues further NW for a distance of c. 267m while that on the E side extends c. 135m to the NE. These banks may be part of an associated field. A possible cross bank visible on the aerial photograph suggests that this field was further subdivided.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 11 June 2019

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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