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Castle - motte

Parkplace,Aghanvally, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Parkplace, Aghanvally, 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
Parkplace,Aghanvally
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Doonphilip
Latest-edition OS map
Doonphilip
Coordinates
53.60923, -7.71872
SMR number
LF023-059----

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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

Within the interior of a possible rath (LF023-059001-). A steep-sided, oval earthen mound (H c. 7m; dims. at base c. 45m NNE-SSW; c. 40m WNW-ESE) with a flat-topped summit (c. 32m N-S; c. 28m E-W) is enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 6.3m; D 1.1m) with a very wide, low external bank of earth and stone (Wth 9.3m; H 1m) from SSE-N-NE. There is a causeway (Wth 4.25m) leading across the fosse and up to the top of the motte at SE. (CUCAP, AVO 49)

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 26 March 2012

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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