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Enclosure

Sopwell, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Sopwell, County Tipperary North, 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
Sopwell
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.99731, -8.03957
SMR number
TN011-037----

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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

In reclaimed pasture within Sopwell Hall demesne. There is no indication of any landscape feature at this location on the 1st (c. 1840) or subsequent revision of the 6-inch OS map. An oval enclosure (dims. c. 42m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by a bank is visible on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 16 December 2016), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère.

See attached Google Earth image (16 December 2016)

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 21 April 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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