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Enclosure

Dogstown (3rd division), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Dogstown (3rd division), 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
Dogstown (3rd division)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.53740, -6.80304
SMR number
ME036-104----

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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 in a gently undulating landscape. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 70m ENE-WSW; c. 50m NNW-SSE) defined by a single fosse is visible on Google Earth (27/06/2019; 17/03/2022; 03/04/2022). It is also visible on Bing images and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.

See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (17/03/2022)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 25 January 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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