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Enclosure

Brickfield, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Brickfield, 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
Brickfield
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.34671, -8.58305
SMR number
LI055-047----

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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 poorly drained floodplains of the Awbeg stream which runs past the monument immediately to S. Area depicted as wet land, annotated ‘Liable to Floods’ on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Outline of circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m) defined by a scarp with ditch visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2016. Possible ring-barrow in N quadrant visible on Google Earth orthoimage.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2016

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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