Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 53.05898, -9.35668
- SMR number
- CL004-092----
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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 a raised rocky hillock on a W-facing slope with a commanding view to the W over the ocean. A poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (26m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a heavily overgrown stone wall. On inspection in 1998 it was not possible to measure the height or width of the wall but it appeared to be lowest internally from NE to S. The grass-covered interior of the site slopes to the E and there is a hut site (CL004-092001-) in the NE quadrant. A small mound (diam. 2m; H 0.5m) lies WNW of centre. A large glacial erratic is located at the inner perimeter of the enclosure at W and other glacial erratics are located outside of the perimeter at NNE. Modern stone pens are located against the outer edge of the enclosure at N and NNE. A cashel and souterrain (CL004-093001- and CL004-093002-) are located c. 98m to the E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormac
Date of upload: 13 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.