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Enclosure

Maddyboy, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Maddyboy, 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
Maddyboy
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.63602, -8.43501
SMR number
LI014-168----

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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 reclaimed pasture with Rose Brook 70m to E. Maddyboy House 170m to WNW. Partial outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 28m) visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. Cropamark of drainage channel flows out of S side of enclosure and feature may be related to land reclamation of post-1700 date. Cropmark of earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 25/03/2017

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 2 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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