Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gorteen (kilcoursey By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteen (kilcoursey By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36948, -7.64229
- SMR number
- OF002-027----
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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
Site noted during fieldwork on the 29th March 1988 by staff of the SMR office. Described as a 'roughly wedge-shaped earthen enclosure (ext. dims. 25m N-S; 25m E-W) with outer ditch and slightly raised interior. At its highest point on the E corner it stands at a height of 1m. Situated on wet ground. No surface remains of this earthwork survive in area marked on six inch OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.