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Enclosure

Higginstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Higginstown, County Tipperary South, 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
Higginstown
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
52.51211, -7.66552
SMR number
TS062-061004-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle N-facing slope in undulating terrain under pasture, SE of small turlough. Old field boundaries have been removed and new field boundaries and roads created. According to the OS Namebooks (O'Donovan 1840) this was 'the site of ancient fences forming an enclosure called Bally-na-scullog. There is here also the sites of ancient roads passing from the S.W. corner of the townland one through the western side & the other in a N.E. direction through the centre of the townland'. Roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 27m) is indicated on the current OS 6-inch map and is visible on an aerial photographs taken in 1974 (GSI S.623/2). Enclosure has been levelled but SE-SW quad. is visible as a slight curving depression (Wth c. 3.5m). Road and possible barn have been built over NE sector.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

O'Donovan, J. 1840 Ordnance Survey Namebooks. County Tipperary.

Nearby in the register

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

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