Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Thomastown (ardee By., Philipstown Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Thomastown (ardee By., Philipstown Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.92800, -6.58473
- SMR number
- LH011-147----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a prominent rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a narrow fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (11/04/2010; 27/04/2011; 12/07/2013). The enclosure also overlooks Thomastown House, now called Knock Abbey, which incorporates a tower house but is a large Georgian mansion. The enclosure might be a tree-ring, and it is depicted as a cluster of trees on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It was first reported by Mathew Muller-Reynolds.
See the attached enhanced aerial view
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.