Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Grange (ballyadams By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (ballyadams By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90340, -6.95130
- SMR number
- LA026-023----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 gently undulating countryside, ring-ditch (LA026-024----) 100m to E. Cropmark of a concentric enclosure consisting of a circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 35m) defined by a ditch with outer enclosing element (approx. diam. 72m) defined by a ditch intersected at N by present field boundary visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP BDH056/058) taken 14/07/1970. Possible entrance gap visible at NNW, gap between enclosing ditches measures approx. 21m No visible surface remains.
See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 14/07/2018
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.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 30 December 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
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.