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Enclosure

Bosnetstown, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Bosnetstown, 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
Bosnetstown
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.38835, -8.49490
SMR number
LI048-113----

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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

Situated on reclaimed grassland immediately S of a stream marking townland boundary with Teermore. Enclosure (LI048-031----) 70m to W. Outline of roughly circular shaped area (approx. int. diam. 28m; ext. diam. 40m) defined by a shallow ditch visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Google Earth aerial orthophoto taken 04/04/2013 shows clearly curving ditch forming W side of enclosure with drainage ditch running S from S side of earthwork. This enclosure may be related to post-1700 land reclamation carried out in the field or may be an earlier enclosure modified by the land reclamation earthworks. Several drainage features/ditches clearly visible on the Google Earth aerial image.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 04/04/2013

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 29 May 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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