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Enclosure - large enclosure

Ballyhist, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Ballyhist, County Meath, 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
Ballyhist
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75666, -7.02550
SMR number
ME010-046----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Located on a steep N-facing slope. A subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 110m NW-SE; c. 100m NE-SW) id defined by an earthen bank S-W-N which is incorporated into a road bank N-SE, and the perimeter probably incorporates an area of grass-covered rock outcrop SE-S. The interior and the bank at W is overlain by E-W cultivation ridges that are clearly visible on Google Earth (05/10/2009), and it also visible on other aerial images. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 4 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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