Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mountfead, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountfead
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.95779, -7.39988
- SMR number
- LA017-016----
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
Situated in a low lying marshy area. Marked on 1841 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch map, a large subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 115m). Defined by a scarp (H c. 1m) from NW-NE, otherwise no visible surface remains. Land has been levelled and reclaimed.
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: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.