Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dangan (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dangan (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.10205, -9.11881
- SMR number
- CL005-058----
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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 N-facing rocky slopes of a steep ridge under scrub, at a juncture of open karst and reclaimed pasture. Nearby, to the E, a mountain streamlet flows N. Indicated as a rectangular enclosure on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and hachured as a circular feature on the 1916 ed. It is likely to be one of the ‘three levelled cahers’ mentioned along with Cahermoyle (CL005-056----) by Westropp (1901, 280). Inspection in 1999 did not identify any above ground trace.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 8 June 2022
References
Westropp, T.J 1901 Prehistoric remains in north-western Clare part II. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 273-91.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.