Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Slievecarran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slievecarran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08100, -9.01432
- SMR number
- CL006-192----
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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
In a natural hollow on the steep S-facing slopes of Slievecarran and within a field system (CL006-042001-) extending all over the plateau. A subcircular hut site (diam. c. 8m) defined by grassed-over wall foundations. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and noted by Ros Ó Maoldúin. An enclosure (CL009-193----) lies c. 30m to the NE in the same hollow.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 24 November 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.