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Enclosure

Dunganville Upper, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Dunganville Upper, 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
Dunganville Upper
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Outlined
Coordinates
52.48990, -9.10414
SMR number
LI028-178----

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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)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In hilly sloping pasture abutting the townland boundary with Glenastar. A recently identified large enclosure (LI028-194----) lies 220m to SE. A fort known as ‘Lisheennabinna’ (LI028-082-----) lies 420m to SE. The possible monument is depicted as a small polygonal-shaped field (ext. diam. 22m N-S; 20m E-W) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map, Depicted as a roughly circular shaped field on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OSi maps. The site is not visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The site is visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/10/2010 but not on the subsequent orthoimage taken 08/04/2015.

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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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