Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Termon, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Termon
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05125, -9.05419
- SMR number
- CL006-150----
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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
On a generally level limestone shelf, in rough pasture on a karst landscape with excellent views across Burren E-W. Identified as an oval enclosure on aerial photography (Digital Globe, 2015). A large oval area (40m N-S; 36m E-W) which is defined by the low remains of a collapsed, sod-covered wall (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m; T 1.7m). The wall is more pronounced in places where occasional rocks protrude above the surface of the sod. A small cairn-like feature (3.2m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE; H 0.55m) (CL006-233----) has been built up on the enclosing elements at SE. The interior is uneven due to limestone pavement close to surface and other loose rock. Keegan (2016, 101-2) noted several other cairns in the vicinity. Enclosure (CL006-149----) is located c. 25m to W.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL006-150----_01.jpg From N. Cross-sectional view of enclosing wall at W.
CL006-150----_02.jpg From N. General view of monument.
CL006-150----_03.jpg From NW. Cairn-like feature on top of enclosing elements at SE. Note views across valley below in background.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 14 January 2019
References
Keegan, D.M. 2016 The Chalcolithic - Early Bronze Age farming community of Termon: a landscape survey. Unpublished MA Thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.