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Enclosure

Termon, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Termon, 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
Termon
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.06432, -9.05780
SMR number
CL006-158----

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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

On a generally level plateau, in rough pasture in karst landscape with extensive views SSW-NE and overlooking Ballyvaughan and Galway Bay to NNW. Identified as an enclosure on aerial photography (Digital Globe, 2015). It consists of a circular area (diam. 10m) defined by the low profile remains of a collapsed, sod-covered wall (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m; T 1.4m). Some parts of the stone construction are protruding above the sod in places. The interior has a gentle W-facing slope and has an uneven surface due to underlying rock being close to the surface.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL006-158----_01.jpg From S. General view of monument.
CL006-158----_02.jpg From NE. General view of monument.
CL006-158----_03.jpg From N. Cross section view of sod-covered wall at E.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 6 February 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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