Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Formoyle East, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Formoyle East
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11797, -9.24965
- SMR number
- CL002-021----
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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 level rough rocky ground 3.5m E of the small N-flowing Caher River. Indicated on Robinson’s map (1977). An oval flat-topped mound (9.1m N-S; 5.9m E-W; H 0.9m; top 3.5m N-S; 1.1m E-W) of burnt stones which are visible in its E face. It was recorded as horseshoe-shaped by Cunningham (1980, 27). An enclosure (CL002-022----) is located c. 210m NNE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 2 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.