Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Esker More, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esker More
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.29330, -7.17024
- SMR number
- OF019-002----
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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
Not depicted on the 1st or 2nd ed. OS 6-inch maps but marked on 1908 ed. as a circular hollow enclosed by a bank. New roadway has destroyed whatever potential monument that was located here. Indicated as a small hachured enclosure or possibly a quarry immediately S of the main Daingean-Edenderry road on the 1908 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the first and second eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. No trace visible at ground level.
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/revision: 29 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatland1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.