Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Murrooghkilly, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Murrooghkilly
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1915)
- Coordinates
- 53.12780, -9.26719
- SMR number
- CL001-008----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a narrow W-facing terrace in an area of rock outcrop and very rough grazing. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and in the RMP (1996) and mentioned by Westropp (1901, 8) as a ‘fort’ he didn’t manage to visit. On inspection in 1997 this was found to be a small subrectangular field (c. 22m E-W; 18m N-S) enclosed by a single drystone wall (H av. 1.4m; Wth 0.6-0.8m) of apparently modern construction with a small livestock pen of similar construction in the W corner.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 26 November 2016
References
Westropp, T.J 1901 Prehistoric remains in north-western Clare, part I. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 1-17.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.