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Enclosure - large enclosure

Johnstown (Moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Johnstown (Moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.), 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
Johnstown (Moyfenrath Lower By., Rathcore Par.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.41715, -6.81527
SMR number
ME048-039----

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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

Located on a level low-lying landscape. Aerial photograph (GB.AM.32) shows the cropmark of a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m) defined by a fosse with an entrance at E. The kink in the modern field boundary respects the southern side of the enclosure. This has been plough-levelled, and it does not appear on any other aerial images. Archaeological testing (19E0576) by L. Coen in the field immediately to the SW on the other side of a wide E-W land drain produced no related material (excavations.ie 2019:262).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 August,2019
Amended: 30 April 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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