Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Parknahown, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Parknahown
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.81545, -7.48547
- SMR number
- LA034-057----
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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
A curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 58m) with a possible entrance in the SSW (Wth c. 9m) is visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. A house and garden have been built within the enclosure, occupying the NE quadrant.
See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 3 April 2019
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.