Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
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
- 53.08243, -9.01083
- SMR number
- CL006-244----
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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 S-facing slope at the S end of Slievecarran and within a field system (CL006-042001-) extending all over the plateau. A D-shaped enclosure (c. 52m N-S; c. 38m E-W) defined by mound walls with a straight E side defined by a low cliff over one of the many natural hollows in this area. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) orthophotographs. Another enclosure (CL006-243----) is attached at W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.