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The curving townland boundary of Petitswood with the townland of Mullingar from S-W has been identified by Paul Gosling as the potential bank of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 230m E-W x 160m N-S). Sunday Well (WM019-089011-) lies 20m to the W. The townland boundary is depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as the curving boundary of Petitswood. The area inside the enclosure is now occupied by modern houses of Auburn Village on the S outskirts of Mullingar town. The line of the enclosure along its N and E sectors is not preserved but can be extrapolated from the 60% of its perimeter which does survive along the S and W.
See attached oblique aerial photograph taken 1964 showing the curving townland boundary of Petitswood (CUCAP AJN042; https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com/location/ajn042/)
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on details provided by Paul Gosling
Date of upload: 3 November 2021
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