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Enclosure

Ballygrennan (Coshma By., Bruff ED), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballygrennan, 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
Ballygrennan (Coshma By., Bruff ED)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.41997, -8.54116
SMR number
LI040-293----

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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 reclaimed grassland. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 30m) defined by a scarp and fosse visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13 and earlier OSi orthoimages. Cropmark of enclosure visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/03/2015. On this aerial image a curving ditch is visible 35m to W and there are parallel ditches to the E which could be the remains of a road, a series of other cropmarks can be seen throughout the field.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 19/03/2015.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 2 June 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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