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Enclosure

Ballydoogan, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballydoogan, 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
Ballydoogan
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Partially indicated
Coordinates
53.43500, -7.73363
SMR number
WM030-137----

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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 grassland, oval-shaped area (dims. c. 65m E-W x 43m N-S) defined by a curving field boundary/watercourse from NW-N-E and elsewhere by a scarp and fosse the outline of which is clearly visible on 2013-2018 MapGenie aerial imagery and on 2011-2013 MapGenie Digital Globe imagery. Small hollow-shaped area visible in E quadrant of enclosure on the 2011-2013 MapGenie Digital Globe satellite imagery.

 

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on report submitted by archaeologist, Paul Gosling.

 

Date of Compilation: 10 November 2025

Nearby in the register

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

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