Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Raheen (maryborough East By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheen (maryborough East By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04817, -7.19912
- SMR number
- LA013-037----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map, a roughly oval-shaped enclosure (max. dim. c. 50m E-W). Cropmark visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, ATA 25, AYN 25). No visible surface remains.
Aerial photograph (GB91.EP.24) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by two concentric fosses; a third outer fosse extends on the north-eastern side (Dr. G. Barrett, 20 August 1991).
The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 10 December 2010
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 18 April 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.