Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Abbey East, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbey East
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13142, -9.04815
- SMR number
- CL003-030----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle S-facing slope at the break of a steeper slope to the N and W, in a reclaimed mixed pasture and tillage field. Indicated on Robinson’s map (1997). A NE–SW orientated oval mound (basal dims. 12.6m NE–SW; 7.4m NW–SE) which slopes down to SW. It is highest at SE (max. H 2m) and SW where it runs into the natural slope.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 15 December 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Wall monument - effigialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.