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Enclosure

Ballinastraw Upper, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Ballinastraw Upper, County Wexford, 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
Ballinastraw Upper
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56636, -6.33809
SMR number
WX016-061----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a NE-facing slope. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (max. dims c. 60m NE-SW; c. 43m NW-SE) defined by a fosse feature is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It is almost contained within a sub-triangular field (max. dims c. 92m NW-SE; c. 87m NE-SW) defined by ditches with the apex at SE. The field is represented on the 1839 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The cropmarks were first reported by Jean Charles Caillère, and were also noted by Simon Dowling.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 18 September 2019
Amended: 4 March, 2020

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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