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Enclosure

Lurraga (Pubblebrien By., Clarina ED), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Lurraga, 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
Lurraga (Pubblebrien By., Clarina ED)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1841)
Coordinates
52.59322, -8.74371
SMR number
LI012-078----

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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 pasture on a slight W facing slope with good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank. It is not depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. No surface remains visible today. An Archaeological Impact Assessment conducted as part of a planning application (Galvin 2007) found no trace of the monument. Cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 represents the N enclosing element of the monument.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date upload: 19 June 2020

References

Galvin, T. 2007 Archaeological Impact Assessment, Lurraga, Patrickswell, Co. Limerick. Unpublished report (Planning Ref. 07/2528) submitted by AI Archaeology to Limerick County Council.

Nearby in the register

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

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