Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gleninsheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleninsheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.06518, -9.14306
- SMR number
- CL005-142----
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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
Situated in a hollow area in high rocky ground. Listed as ‘Cashel’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) and hachured on the 1st ed OS 6-inch map. Described by Westropp (1899, 380) as a ‘circular fort’. On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by an apparently modern, narrow, drystone wall with no thickening at the base. Two lintels mark and entrance at ESE. A small raised area occupies the centre of the interior.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 20 January 2016
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.