Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Corracullin, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corracullin
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.34820, -7.79923
- SMR number
- OF007-001----
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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 a natural rise in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 30m) enclosed by a low bank mainly of stone (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) with evidence of stone facing at E elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp. No evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature. Natural bedrock protrudes from surface of interior. Field boundary intersects site at E. Depicted on 1849 edition of OS 6-inch map as an oval shaped enclosure.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.