Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Keelhilla, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keelhilla
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08485, -9.00241
- SMR number
- CL006-023010-
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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 at the base of a natural scree slope beneath a rock face. A low wall (H 0.6m; Wth 1m) of large moss-covered blocks enclosing the church at Keelhilla (CL006-023001-). It extends from the base of the natural scree SW of the church to a point ENE of the church, passing 10m from its E gable. A further stretch of wall exists to the N of the church and two shorter sections to the E may form an entrance feature. The enclosure is linked to a network of fields around the church but the dating sequence of the various walls is unclear. (Grant 2015, 13-14)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 23 November 2015
References
Grant, C. 2015 Report on archaeological features at St. MacDuagh's hermitage, Keelhilla Nature Reserve. Unpublished archaeological report, National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.