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Enclosure

Boyanagh (Roscommon By., Cloonyquin ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Boyanagh, 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
Boyanagh (Roscommon By., Cloonyquin ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.80991, -8.26294
SMR number
RO022-171----

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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

Reported by Mr. Jean-Charles Caillere (8-7-2022). In level pasture cleared of the sub-rectangular tree copse depicted at the location on both the first and later, Cassini editions of the OS 6-inch map. Visible on GoogleEarth aerial imagery dated 18-3-2015 as a large, slightly raised circular area (est. diam. c. 70m), girdled by later field boundaries S-W-NW. An earthwork (RO022-059----) stands c. 200m to NW and there is a rath (RO022-060----) c. 280m to WNW.

See attachment: RO022-171----_01 Snip of GoogleEarth aerial image (18-3-2015) supplied by Mr. Jean-Charles Caillere.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 20 December 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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