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Enclosure

Gortnaskagh, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Gortnaskagh, 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
Gortnaskagh
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.49374, -8.49448
SMR number
LI032-128----

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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

Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is one of two circular platforms [LI032-129----] situated in a little elbow of a stream which is tributary to the Camoge. It is surrounded by a fosse. The monument has been damaged by the erection of fences on the east, south and west sides. The entrance is not recognisable. The platform is 3' [0.9m] high over the fosse-bottom and the overall diameter is 135' [41m] (O'Kelly 1942-3, 241). Cropmark of levelled monument barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 9 March 2020

References

O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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