Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Caherbullog, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherbullog
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.09888, -9.23716
- SMR number
- CL005-004----
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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
Situated in rough pasture largely overgrown with hazel, at the leading E edge of a level terrace with a sharp slope down to Caher River just to the E. Hachured as a circular enclosure on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and depicted as a rectangular enclosure on the 1916 ed.
A poorly preserved subrectangular enclosure with slightly rounded corners (int. dims. 38m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a collapsed stone spread (Wth 4-5.4m; int. H 0.3-1.1m) with a later, now partially collapsed field wall built on top. There are no definite entrances but a gap (Wth 0.6m) in the centre of the N wall is a possible candidate. The interior is mostly level but the E third slopes gently down to the E. Two rectangular structures, defined by collapsed stone walls (Wth 1-2m; H 0.4-0.6m), are located within the enclosure: one in the SW corner (int. dims. 6m x 6m) and another (int. dims. 5m E-W; 4m N-S) midway along the N wall. These may be relatively recent animal pens.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 28 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.