Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
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
- 53.36558, -7.64578
- SMR number
- OF002-054----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on reclaimed grassland. Outline of roughly D-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 68m N-S x 58m E-W) visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about antiquity of earthwork, may be related to land reclamation works and drainage ditches which are visible in the field enclosing the earthwork.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 7 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.