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Enclosure

Donacarney Little, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Donacarney Little, 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
Donacarney Little
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.71266, -6.27574
SMR number
ME021-033002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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 gentle S-facing slope of Donacarney Hill. The cropmarks of two conjoined enclosures are visible only on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. The larger feature (ME021-033001-) borders a wider SSW-NNE channel (Wth c. 6m) at W, and this smaller enclosure is attached to it at S. This is an oval area (int. dims c. 17m WNW-ESE; c. 11m NNE-SSW) defined by a continuous fosse feature that it shares with the larger feature. Ditches from an associated field attach to both enclosures from the E. They were first reported by Anthony Murphy.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 31 January 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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