Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Ballynahown,crumlin, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynahown,crumlin
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07429, -9.32700
- SMR number
- CL004-027001-
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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 the W slopes of Knockauns Mountain. A field system (c. 2.4km NE-SW; c. 1.2km NW-SE) is visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and has likely medieval and prehistoric elements. A dense concentration of cashels, enclosures and hut sites lie within as well as four wedge tombs and an inland promontory fort (CL004-051----).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 August 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.