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Enclosure - large enclosure

Clonymeath, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Clonymeath, 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
Clonymeath
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.49807, -6.69857
SMR number
ME043-061----

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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)
  • 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

Situated on a gentle MW-facing slope. The vegetation mark of a large oval and grass-covered enclosure (dims c. 75m N-S; c. 55m E-W) defined by what is probably a wide fosse (Wth c. 5-15m) is visible on Google Earth (20/03/2018; 02/2019; 14/11/2019; 25/03/2020; 04/03/2022). Two wide banks (Wth c. 10m; L c. 130m) extend W from the fosse at NW and SW until they meet a N-S current field boundary, the space between them narrowing to c. 50m at W. The enclosure does not appear on other aerial images, and it was first reported by S. McGlade.

See the attached image from Google Earth (Feb. 2019)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 19 April 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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