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Linear earthwork

Cornagawna, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Linear earthwork, Cornagawna, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cornagawna
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not inidcated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.39297, -8.08749
SMR number
LE005-005----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

: In an undulating landscape of bog and scrub situated c. 1.4 km S of the S end of Lough Melvin and c. 300m SW of the SE-NW Lattone or County River that forms the boundary with Co. Fermanagh. This is an overgrown flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.4m; D 0.7m; L 100m) oriented NW-SE and flanked by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; H 0.25m) to the SW and a slight bank (Wth 1m) to the NE. It continues c. 1km to the SSE (LE005-009---).

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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