Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Faddan Beg, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Faddan Beg
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25943, -7.91535
- SMR number
- OF014-025----
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).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the W facing slope of high ground in undulating countryside. Circular area (diam 47m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) with slight external fosse visible at S only. No entrance feature visible. Field fence intersects site at W with pathway running through the centre of the site.
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
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.