Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Aharney, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aharney
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30269, -7.57715
- SMR number
- OF016-055----
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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
No surface remains visible of any enclosure identified as a potential monument from aerial photographs (GSI N 534/5). Of doubtful antiquity. No local tradition of a fort in th e area marked on the 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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.