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Enclosure

Posseckstown (moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland

The record

Townland
Posseckstown (moyfenrath Lower By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.42680, -6.81861
SMR number
ME048-042----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Aerial photograph(GB89.AM.31 & 33) show a cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 30m)defined by a slight fosse features. A second, larger curvilinear enclosure (ME048-041----) defined by two fosses intersects with this enclosure at N. It does not appear on any other aerial images.

Date of upload: 18 September, 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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