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Enclosure

Farmullagh, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Farmullagh, County Longford, 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
Farmullagh
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.92040, -7.65898
SMR number
LF002-001----

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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

At the WSW end of a prominent drumlin ridge in pasture. Depicted as an irregular enclosure on the 1837 and 1913 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1986 (SMR file) recorded that, although largely levelled, much of the monument was still identifiable. It comprised an almost circular area (c. 25m E-W; c. 24m N-S) enclosed from SSW-N-SE by a very low bank of earth and stone with an external fosse. From SE-S-SSW the bank had been levelled and partially replaced by a modern field boundary. The original entrance was not recognisable. These remains have since been levelled. Regarded locally not as an antiquity but rather as a marshy area, which was enclosed to keep cattle out.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 11 January 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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