Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Scrub And Glenmacolla, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scrub And Glenmacolla
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80513, -7.49016
- SMR number
- LA034-031001-
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 on a hill that has been levelled off. Cropmark of circular enclosure (diam. 44m) visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGN 86). No visible surface remains.
See attached image taken from Google Earth kindly provided by Paul Walsh
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 revised upload: 28 January 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
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.