Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - inland
Clab, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clab
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.06734, -9.04883
- SMR number
- CL006-189----
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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 promontory at the S end of Gortaclare Mountain overlooking the Glen of Clab to the S and within a field system (CL006-042001-) extending all over the plateau. Visible on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) and noted by Ros Ó Maoldúin. A mound wall is visible extending across the promontory NW-SE for 37m before it turns NE for 8m before reaching the SE extent of the promontory. This feature cuts off an area of 1.8ha. A mound wall also extends across the adjacent promontory to the E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 24 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.