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Enclosure

Knockroe (Coonagh By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Knockroe, 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
Knockroe (Coonagh By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.52627, -8.36805
SMR number
LI033-071001-

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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 improved pasture on the lower W facing slope of Derk Hill the summit of which (OD 781 ft.) lies 860m to E. A watercourse marking the townland boundary with Knockderk lies 35m to E. Ringfort (LI033-026----) lies 225m to W and enclosure (LI033-074002-) 85m to E. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 133; AP 4/3629) as a circular-shaped cropmark. Visible as a roughly circular-shaped depression (diam. c. 30m) on OSi orthophotos taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date of upload: 29 March 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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