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Enclosure

Templemichael, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Templemichael, County Wicklow, 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
Templemichael
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.83981, -6.16031
SMR number
WI040-067----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

Located in a relatively flat location (c. 85m OD) in a gently undulating landscape characterised by tillage and pastoral farming. Located towards the W boundary of a large field currently in use for tillage purposes (July 2021). Landscape slopes gently upwards from a small unnamed stream located c. 185m to the SW to a highpoint (c. 272m OD) located c. 1.94kms to the NNE. Site located immediately adjacent to the S of the D-shaped enclosure surrounding the ruins of Templemichael Church (WI040-007001-) and its associated graveyard (WI040-007002-), and c. 1.55kms E\ENE of a ring-barrow (WI040-006----) at Ballinakill. This enclosure is visible as a cropmark on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (July 2021). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 31.15m N-S x 30.31m E-W) that is defined by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 2.52m) that is largely visible around the entire circuit. No definitive evidence for an entrance gap.

Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère

Uploaded on: 29/06/2023

Nearby in the register

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

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