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Enclosure

Brackyle, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Brackyle, 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
Brackyle
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56773, -8.30218
SMR number
LI024-133----

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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

On a slight knoll, in improved pasture. A possible enclosure (LI024-132----) lies 130m to NW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rock outcrop defined by the townland boundary with Coolnapisha from NW-N-E-S. Monument identified as a penannular-shaped tree-lined earthwork, open to WSW, by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 117: AP 4/3724). Monument is visible as an inverted C-shaped area (approx. dims. 41m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE), open to WSW, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 117.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 24 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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