Ireland as a National Monument
Here’s the Republic of Ireland mapped in National Monuments. The term “national monument” as defined in Section 2 of the National Monuments Act (1930) means a monument “the preservation of which is a matter of national importance by reason of the historical, architectural, traditional, artistic or archaeological interest attaching thereto” (link).
On the suggestion by Stan, here’s a (rough) overlay showing the outline of Ireland in the context of the National Monuments:
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It’s virtually the whole country! The overlapping markers obscure the relative density of the monuments.
We did accentuate the points but it is notable that there are still significant gaps in certain areas and gaping voids in West Galway/Mayo as well as West Kerry, West Donegal and West Cork, the remotest fringes.
That’s true. I didn’t mean to seem critical. It might help to overlay the country’s perimeter, especially for people who aren’t very familiar with its geography.
Didn’t seem critical at all..
Great idea, how did you do it? When I try this on the Monuments map viewer the detail is lost as I move out.
Hi Charles
Done in GIS. When I did this I was actually thinking of doing a layline debunking by joining the office to a random location and seeing how many significant site we’d pass through, but it proved to be a little like hard work. Might get around to doing that when I have a Saturday afternoon free – if that ever happens again….