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
- 52.81385, -7.49080
- SMR number
- LA034-059----
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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 tillage. A circular enclosure (diams. c. 18m) visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 28 June 2018), identified and reported by Simon Dowling. Another cropmark (LA035-023----) also visible as a cropmark is located c. 25m to the N.
See attached Google Earth image taken 28 June 2018
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.