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Enclosure

Bellew, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Bellew, 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
Bellew
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.60467, -6.49205
SMR number
ME032-097----

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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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 E-facing slope. The cropmark of a subrectangular feature (dims c. 40m NW-SE; c. 17m NE-SW) defined by straight sections of ditches at N, NE and SE is visible on Apple Maps (2018). It is cut at SW by the cropmark of a rectangular or D-shaped quarry (dims c. 45m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) visible as a green feature. The quarry is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and described as a ‘Sand Pit’ but the enclosure is not depicted on any map. The cropmark of the quarry can also be seen on OSI images (1995, c. 2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 25 June 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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