Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Emmel West, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Emmel West
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91823, -8.04340
- SMR number
- OF044-007----
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. Potential possible enclosure identified from aerial photographs taken in 1973 (GSI R 91/90). Of doubtful antiquity, possibly associated with drainage features of post-1700 AD date.
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
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.