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Enclosure

Drumhany, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Drumhany, 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
Drumhany
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.92621, -7.94473
SMR number
LE032-056----

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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)
  • 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

Located on the crest of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 62m NNW-SSE; 32m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight but overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth of base c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) which is largely represented by a scarp (Wth c. 3m; H 1.5m) elsewhere, and a fosse that is only visible (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4m) across the ridge N-NE. There are numerous entrances but none could be identified as the original. The monument is truncated by a farmyard immediately to the S, which was present on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map.

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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 6 December 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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