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Enclosure

Esker More, County Offaly, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Esker More, County Offaly, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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