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Field system

Coolnatullagh (Burren By., Carran Par.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Coolnatullagh (Burren By., Carran Par.), County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolnatullagh (Burren By., Carran Par.)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.06894, -9.03159
SMR number
CL006-044003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A field system (c. 500m NE-SW; c. 140m E-W) in Coolnatullagh Valley comprised of mound walls within which lie three cairns (CL006-044----, excavated (Eogan 2002), CL006-045001-, CL006-045002-) and an enclosure (CL006-146----). Some of the fields are linear and some are irregular. This field system lies within a much larger system that extends essentially from Gortaclare to Slievecarran.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL006-044003-_01.jpg OSi Aerial Premium orthophoto of field system.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 27 July 2021

References

Eogan, J. 2002 Excavations at a cairn in Coolnatullagh townland, Co. Clare. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 42, 113-50.

Eogan, J. 1998 Coolnatullagh, prehistoric cairn and field system. In I. Bennett (ed. ) Excavations 1997: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 5-6. Bray, Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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