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Enclosure

Carstown (Ferrard by; Ballymakenny par.), County Louth, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Carstown (Ferrard by, County Louth, 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
Carstown (Ferrard by; Ballymakenny par.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.76114, -6.32559
SMR number
LH021-085003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by straight sections of fosses or ditches is visible only on Digital Globe (2011-13). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.

See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2011-13)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 21 January 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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