Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Fanore More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fanore More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1915)
- Coordinates
- 53.12293, -9.27422
- SMR number
- CL001-013001-
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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
Situated in rough pasture on a ledge (Wth 60m) at the foot of a NW-facing cliff (H 7–8m) overlooking the Caher River and Fanore dunes. A roughly oval enclosure (int. dims. 21.2m E-W; 18.14m N-S) near the NE end of a complex of field walls, hut, and house sites (CL001-013001-to CL001-013006-). It is defined by a mixture of double-walling comprised of large blocks set on edge and natural outcropping rock at ENE and ESE. A partially blocked entrance at NNE is collapsed on its W side and formed by three large transversely laid blocks on its E side. Additional gaps occur at NE (Wth 0.6m) and SW (Wth 1m). It is depicted on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). A large boulder c. 25m to SSW and a cave entrance c. 60m SSW may have formed part of the complex. The cave entrance is partially blocked by a low wall.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 21 September 2020
References
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.