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Enclosure

Garrane More, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Garrane More, 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
Garrane More
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.57945, -8.33291
SMR number
LI024-115----

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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 improved level pasture, on the floodplain of the Dead River and the Mulkear River which are 265m and 285m to NE respectively. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 135: AP 4/3723). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 26m) on ASI aerial photograph (ASIAP 118, 9) taken 23/08/2000 and on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and is not readily visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 22 July 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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