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Enclosure - large enclosure

Glencoum, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Glencoum, County Kilkenny, 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
Glencoum
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.57051, -7.02532
SMR number
KK025-031----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Indicated as a large subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 83m NE-SW; c. 76m NW-SE) and as an irregular-shaped subrectangular enclosure (dims. c. 80m NE-SW; c. 73m NW-SE at the SW side tapering to c. 56m at the NE side. A townland boundary runs along the outer edge of the NW side and a field boundary runs along the NE and the SW perimeter. Agricultural buildings, including a large shed, have been constructed in the narrow rectangular field which adjoins the SW side of the enclosure.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 1 March 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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