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
- 53.36784, -7.64038
- SMR number
- OF002-055----
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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
Situated on grassland. According to local information this was the site of a 'fairy fort' which was bulldozed in the 1960s. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthophotos
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Bernie Moran
Date of upload: 7 April 2021
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.