Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oldtown (maryborough West By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldtown (maryborough West By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99610, -7.36551
- SMR number
- LA017-008001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
An oval-shaped enclosure located in the centre of a sub-triangular shaped field is visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 226-7) taken in June, 1973. Digital Globe aerial photographs shows curving enclosing element from E-S-SW. No visible surface remains. Possible field system (LA017-008002-) radiates out from enclosure from E-S-W. This field system is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
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.
Compiled by: David Sweetman & Bernie Moran
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 13 June 2016
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.