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Enclosure

Coolnapisha, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Coolnapisha, 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
Coolnapisha
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.57202, -8.29793
SMR number
LI024-287----

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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 steep E-facing slope, in pasture with good views from NE-E-S. Burial ground (LI024-027----) lies 120m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as an oval-shaped area (17m N-S; 13m E-W) defined by a counterscarp (Wth 5.0m; H 2.0m) cut into rock outcrop from SW-W-NW, with the remains of a levelled bank visible from NW-N-NE and by a scarp (Wth 5.5m; H 1.5m) from NE-E-SW. The monument has been raised from NE-E-SW to compensate for hillslope and to provide a level interior. Monument is visible as an oval-shaped, scrub-covered earthwork on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 12 October 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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