Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Oldglass, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldglass
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.86459, -7.47632
- SMR number
- LA029-027----
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating countryside. This is a quarry. Indicated as a semi-circular shaped ditch running from South through East to North in an area of woodland. This feature is not indicated on the 1838 edition of the OS six-inch map. No monument is indicated in this woodland area on the 1838 edition of the OS six-inch map.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 26 April 2010
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.