Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Dangan (burren By.),kilweelran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dangan (burren By.),kilweelran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09275, -9.11874
- SMR number
- CL005-060001-
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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 an elevated ridge, on the townland boundary between Dangan and Kilweelran, with impressive views in all directions and within an extensive field system (CL005-104001-). Indicated on Robinson’s (1997) map of the Burren.
A large stone cairn (diam. 14m; H 1.2-1.8m). Some possible facing at NW may be the remains of a wall or other structure built into the cairn. Stone has been robbed from the centre of the cairn, creating cavities. Two modern walls meet at the cairn and extend over its E side. A large enclosure (CL005-060002-) is located c. 30m to the E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 6 July 2022
References
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 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.