Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Poulbaun (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulbaun (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06917, -9.10705
- SMR number
- CL005-160047-
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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 elevated rocky pasture, on an E-facing slope near the E edge of a large limestone plateau, overlooked by higher ground to the W and NW and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). A cist (L 2.2m; Wth 0.3m) composed of two large parallel slabs orientated NW-SE and set within the SE quadrant of a grass-covered cairn (CL005-160048-). A second cist (CL005-160028-) is located immediately to the N within the same cairn. A cashel (CL005-160031-) is located c. 30m to the N and a second cashel (CL005-160033-) is locate c. 95m to the E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 30 September 2025
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.