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Enclosure

Carrig East, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Carrig East, County Limerick, 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
Carrig East
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.64757, -8.73013
SMR number
LI004-024----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On low-lying ground, in pasture, overlooking the River Shannon approx. 2km to NE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Enclosure (LI004-016----) lies c. 155m to SW. Identified as an enclosure on aerial photography (OS 740, photo 0685). Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark (approx. diam. 34m) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019.

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Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 19 June 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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