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Enclosure

Oolahills East, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Oolahills East, 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
Oolahills East
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.53219, -8.24633
SMR number
LI025-036----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 sloping pasture on the NW side of a ridge 450m NE of Oola Hill. The townland boundary with Oolahills West is 250m to W and Oola or Cullen’s Castle (LI033A008002-) lies 520m to SE. The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The enclosure is visible as a circular enclosure on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Denis Power on Bing aerial photos in 2014 as a circular enclosure surrounded by a fosse (ext. diam. c. 28m). The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 11/03/2014 and 18/11/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan

Date of upload: 24 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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