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Enclosure

Ballyshoneen, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballyshoneen, 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
Ballyshoneen
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.54947, -8.32199
SMR number
LI024-229----

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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 pasture 130m SE of the townland boundary with Ballynaclogh and 13m W of the townland boundary with Knockballyfookeen. Enclosure lies 54m to E of a ring-barrow (LI024-186----). The enclosure is not depicted on historic OSi maps, it is faintly visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 43.2; AP 4/3673) as a U-shaped sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. c. 40m N-S; 30m E-W). The site is visible on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. The enclosure appears to respect the line of the townland boundary on its E side and a relic field boundary to the S suggesting a post-medieval date.

See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 4302 and Google Earth orthoimage

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 17 September 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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