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Enclosure

Athlumney, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Athlumney, 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
Athlumney
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.64857, -6.67394
SMR number
ME025-077----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Situated on a slight W-facing slope c. 100m from the steep slope down (H c. 10m) to a SE-NW section of the River Boyne, and on land that was on the demesne of Violet Hill, originally a small Georgian house of c. 1790 (buildingsofireland.ie 14010044) that is c. 150m to the NNW. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 30m NW-SE; c. 22m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse, with possible quarries on the perimeter at NE and S, is visible on OSI images (1995) and on Google Earth (14/07/2018). There are possible entrances at N and S but no internal features are visible. Although it is in an area that was archaeologically tested (02E1178) by E. O’Donovan (excavations.ie 2002:1421), trenching did not extend to this area. It was first reported by Steven McGlade.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 4 October 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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