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Enclosure

Killeen (Glenquin By.), County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Killeen, 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
Killeen (Glenquin By.)
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1924)
Coordinates
52.35147, -8.97137
SMR number
LI054-002----

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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 low-lying marshy pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 110m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 1.1m; Wth 4.2m). Bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.95m), best preserved SSE->SW, lowers at E (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.8m). Waterlogged fosse best preserved SSE->SW, but is not evident NE->SSE. Field drain opens into fosse at WSW. Marshy interior, under rough pasture, used as small field. Farm passage (Wth 2.75m), cutting through bank at WSW (Wth 4.8m), skirts along base of inner bank face before exiting at N (Wth 5.5m). Field boundaries abut enclosure at WSW and SSE.
Compiled by: Denis Power

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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