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Enclosure

Newtown (Middlethird By., Islandikane Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Newtown (Middlethird By., Islandikane Par.), 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
Newtown (Middlethird By., Islandikane Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.14668, -7.25299
SMR number
WA025-134----

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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)
  • 1869 · 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In tillage. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), defined by a fosse which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth; imagery date 16 July 2022), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. A ringfort (WA025-063----) lies c. 200m to the NNW.

See attached imagery:
WA025-134----_01 Google Earth satellite imagery; imagery date 16 July 2022

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 28 June 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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