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Enclosure

Graigueshoneen, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Graigueshoneen, County Waterford, 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
Graigueshoneen
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.20510, -7.42975
SMR number
WA015-121----

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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

A roughly D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 40m) identified by Lidar commissioned by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (pers. comm. Simon Dowling 4 February 2018) and visible on Google Earth Pro (imagery date 21 April 2011, reported by Jean-Charles Caillère). The straight side (L c. 40m) runs NW-SE with the curvilinear enclosure extending northeastward (dim. c. 40m NE-SW).

See attached Lidar image by Simon Dowling:
WA015-121----_01
and Google Earth Pro image:
WA015-121----_02

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 20 May 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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