Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ballyryan, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyryan
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06570, -9.35973
- SMR number
- CL004-085002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
A horseshoe-shaped mound (est. dims. 9.1m E-W; 8.7m N-S) opening to the W. The greater part of the mound is at E (Wth 5.1m; H 0.8-0.9m). The mound narrows from N (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m) to S (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.6m) and decreases in height towards the W. A line of stone along the inner W extent of the mound visible at N and from NE to SSW may have been intended to prevent the mound material from falling into the oval area which likely contained the trough (dims. 2-5m E-W, c. 2m N-S). A smaller mound of material (Wth 1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m) is located further to the W (1.4-2m). An unclassified megalithic tomb (CL004-085----) lies c. 60m to the NW.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL004-085002-_01.jpg View from NW
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 5 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.