Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Gleninsheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gleninsheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.07051, -9.13796
- SMR number
- CL005-148----
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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
In an exposed elevated position with exposed karst and some grass cover with clear views to the S and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). Listed as a cairn in the RMP (1996). A hut site (ext. diam. c. 6m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (H 0.7-1.2m) with no traces of wall-facing or an entrance.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 20 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.