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Enclosure

Glascurram, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Glascurram, 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
Glascurram
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.61238, -8.74762
SMR number
LI012-046----

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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

In grassland 150m E of a public road and 20m N of the townland boundary with Kilcolman. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a raised sub-circular shaped area defined by a scarp with the ruins of a rectangular building immediately to S. Monument depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 47m; approx. ext. diam. 53m) defined by a scarp. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. The N half of this partially levelled monument is clearly visible on Digital Globe orthphotos taken 2011-13. On Google Earth orthoimage taken 2019 traces of the levelled N half of the monument are visible. This image shows possible field clearance material in the centre of the site and a field boundary running E-W through the centre and extending W for a distance of c. 20m.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 19/11/2019 and 28/06/2018

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date upload: 18 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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