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Enclosure

Inishatirra Island, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Inishatirra Island, County Roscommon, 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
Inishatirra Island
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.96142, -8.13923
SMR number
RO007-104----

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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

Located in meadow grass towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope of Inshatirra Island. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims c. 60m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (L c. 30m; Wth 3.85m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.3m) at SE, almost parallel with a NE-SW field bank c. 10m to the SE. There is a section of bank (L 10m; Wth 3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.2m) at SW and another (L c. 10m; Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.25m) at NE, but the perimeter is not readily traceable SW-W-NE, although clearly visible on the LiDAR image. The enclosure may be a relict field.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 July, 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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