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Enclosure

Grange Lower, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Grange Lower, 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
Grange Lower
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.46739, -9.01005
SMR number
LI036-213----

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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 reclaimed pasture, two ringforts (LI036-041/36004-) lie 185m W and 240m E respectively and an enclosure (LI036-214----) lies 260m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Hugh Carey during examination of aerial photographs (Bing maps aerial photograph 2014) and described as possible circular enclosure. Levelled monument visible as circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 30m) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bing maps aerial photograph.

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of upload: 20 April 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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