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Enclosure

Riddlestown, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Riddlestown, 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
Riddlestown
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1923)
Coordinates
52.53290, -8.98509
SMR number
LI020-096----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank with vertical stone facing (H 1.4m; Wth 0.8m) on the outside; Top of bank is flat topped (Wth 2m) and then slopes gradually down (H 1.3m; Wth 4.8m) towards interior. Break in enclosing element at SE (Wth 2.7m) has been blocked-up; a second break at NE (Wth 3m) has straight sides which appear to be of recent manufacture. At foot of stone facing E->SSW is a flat-topped berm (Wth 3.8m; H 0.35m); this fades out at E but terminated at SSW where a recent gateway abuts against stone facing. Level interior under pasture and slopes down gently to S.
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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