Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Glenafelly, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenafelly
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06354, -7.70704
- SMR number
- OF039-015002-
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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
Located on the E facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Circular area (diam 24m) enclosed by a low narrow earthen bank and deep V-shaped fosse with no evidence of entrance feature. The interior of the site slopes from W to E. There are three other enclosures of equal size and shape nearby. The fifth egg shaped enclosure was recently destroyed by Coillte during road construction. These enclosures were not marked on the first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps and are not depicted as antiquities on the 1912 edition. This fact along with their unusual form and location and perfect state of preservation would suggest that these are possibly landscape features or tree rings of no archaeological significance. One of a group of five (OF039-015/001/003/004/005-).
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.