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Enclosure - large enclosure

Heronstown, County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Heronstown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.76777, -6.61474
SMR number
ME012-058----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape, with small old lake beds just to the E (diam. c. 270m) and N (diam. c. 150m). The location is within a curve of the N foothills of the ENE-WSW Slieve Breagh ridge E-S-W. The cropmark or soilmark of a large enclosure that appears to have numerous wide enclosing banks is visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and Google Earth (07/05/2017; 16/05/2018; 14/05/2020; 04/03/2022). It appears to consist of a platform (diam. c. 30m) separated by a fosse (Wth c. 10m) from an earthen bank (Wth c. 20m) that is surrounded by an outer fosse (Wth c. 15m) and possibly a second outer bank (Wth c. 15-20m). An entrance through the banks and fosses cannot be detected (max. ext. diam. c. 150m). It may be a large barrow and it was first reported by Rob O’Hara.

See the attached images from _01 Digital Globe (2011-13), _02 Google Earth (07/05/2017); _03 MapGenie 2005-13; _05 Google Earth (04/03/2022)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 8 May 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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