Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Fanore More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fanore More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11901, -9.27143
- SMR number
- CL001-016008-
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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 at the E end of a narrow terrace (Wth c. 80m) of rough grazing near the foot of a NW-facing slope overlooking the Caher River and Fanore dunes. The more southerly of a pair of parallel rectangular structures (see also CL001-016003-) situated 2m apart and aligned NW-SE. They are separated by a small spring well and water pool. This is the shorter of the two (int. dims. 3.5m NW-SE; 2.8m NE-SW) and is constructed of a mixture of double-walling (Wth 0.8m; max. H 1m) without a core, large blocks and transversely laid thin flags on natural outcropping rock. Both buildings have entrances (Wth 0.85m) at E. A short curving grassed-over stony bank extends N–S from the spring across the entrance of this structure. Tim Robinson (pers. comm.) believed them to be part of a still-house for poitín making.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 21 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Turf standunder 1 mi
- Turf standunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.