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Earthwork

Killasona, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Killasona, 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
Killasona
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.73616, -7.46773
SMR number
LF016-025----

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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

In demesne lands of Killasona House located immediately to E. Cropmark of circular-shaped bivallate earthwork (diam. c. 46m) visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Could be the cropmark of a designed landscape feature associated with Killasona House.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2021

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère

Date of upload: 11 July 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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