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Enclosure

Culcor, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Culcor, 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
Culcor
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.43810, -6.69292
SMR number
ME049-008----

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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 the E-facing slope of a broad N-S ridge and within the field system (ME049-007----). This is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 49m NNW-SSE; 47m ENE-SWW) defined by a silted ditch (at WSW: Wth of top 4m; ext. D 0.2m; at NNW: Wth of top 6m; int. D 0.2m; ext. D 0.7m). An entrance is not identified but some of the silted ditches of the field system connect with the fosse. A single house site (ME048-008001-) is visible as a slightly raised grass-covered platform (dims 4m x 2.5m) defined by a slight hollow located c. 30m to the N of the enclosure

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 27 August 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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