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Enclosure

Grallagh (Roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Grallagh, 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
Grallagh (Roscommon By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.81448, -8.27826
SMR number
RO022-056012-

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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

On a rise in an E-W valley at the bottom of the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Oval grass-covered hillock (dims 46m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW; H c. 2m) defined at the base by a scarp (H 0.6-0.8m) and fosse or drain (Wth c. 1m; D 0.2m) with an outer bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.2m) or berm (Wth 3.4-7.3m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1m). There is a low mound (RO022-056013-) (diam. 6m; H 0.2m) just NE of the summit, and a NE-SW drain (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.4-0.8m; L 15m) with upcast banks (Wth 2.5-4m; ext. H 0.2-0.3m) on either side was dug through the interior at SE. It is circumscribed by a field drain and field bank SW-W-NE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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