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Enclosure - large enclosure

Corballis (Lune By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Corballis, 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
Corballis (Lune By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54793, -6.94124
SMR number
ME035-024----

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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)
  • 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 gently undulating landscape. A large grass-covered enclosure (max. dims c. 105m E-W; c. 85m N-S) defined by a fosse (max. Wth c. 6m at SE) is visible on Google Earth (17/01/2020; 25/04/2021). It is also visible on Apple Maps, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.

See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth (17/01/2020)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 11 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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