Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cumber Lower, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cumber Lower
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07399, -7.71801
- SMR number
- OF036-060----
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
Not visible at ground level. Area has recently been ploughed for state forestry. Aerial photographs (Air Corps 758/9) shows outline of circular enclosure in upland area.
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
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Stone troughunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.