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Enclosure - large enclosure

Cloncullen (Rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure - large enclosure, Cloncullen, County Westmeath, 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
Cloncullen (Rathconrath By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.52751, -7.71818
SMR number
WM016-047----

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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 grassland. Cropmark of large circular-shaped area (diam. c. 75m) defined by a ditch, bisected by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW which is visible on Google Earth orthoimages and on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13. Cropmark of possible conjoined enclosure (WM016-048----) immediately to SSE visible on Google Earth orthoimage.

See attached Google Earth orthophoto

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère

Date of upload: 19 July 2022

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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