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Enclosure

Kilrush, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Kilrush, 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
Kilrush
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.05724, -7.75859
SMR number
LE025-045----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Located towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an oval enclosure with trees on the perimeter and described as a 'fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass and scrub-covered subcircular platform (dims 27m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.3-0.4m), with traces of a bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) at E and traces of a stone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) at W. It is planted with mature deciduous trees around the perimeter and is a possible tree-ring c. 100m SE of Kilrush House, a large farmhouse.

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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