Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gragan West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gragan West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06572, -9.19704
- SMR number
- CL005-202001-
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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 a slight depression in elevated rocky pasture overlooking the Ballyvaughan Valley to the N and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-115001-). A subcircular enclosure (int. dims. 9.6m E-W; 7.6m N-S) defined by a grass-covered wall (Wth 1-1.8m; H 0.2-0.7m) highest at the W. A gap (Wth 0.6m) at SSW may be made by cattle. Natural rock outcrops are present in the N and W sectors. A second enclosure (CL005-202002-) with house site (CL005-202003-) is located 2.5m to the NE. An enclosure (CL005-113----) is located c. 55m to the NW, and a cashel (CL005-114002-) is c. 65m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 14 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.