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Enclosure

Maryville, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Maryville, 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
Maryville
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.54939, -8.64832
SMR number
LI022-161----

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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 undulating pasture, on very slight N-facing slope, 60m W of townland boundary with Kildonnell and 165m N of townland boundary with Kilcurly. Not depicted on the 1840 OSi 6-inch map or the 1897 OSi 25-inch map. Potential archaeological site identified from examination of 1:10000 Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs during work on the Curraleigh–Limerick gas pipeline in 1986 (BGE No. 40, Site No. 022213). Visited by the ASI in 2000 and described no surface remains visible. Potential site not visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 2020.

See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photo (BGE No. 40) with site labelled 022213

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 14 August 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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