Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyvoe (corcomroe By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvoe (corcomroe By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03459, -9.37581
- SMR number
- CL008-009----
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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 rough pasture and outcropping limestone pavement, within a relict field system (CL008-004001-) and a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). This is possibly the fort described by Westropp (1905, 357) as being ‘square about 60 feet each way of large but late-looking masonry, and probably, an old cattle-bawn.’ Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This small subcircular platform (c. 20m E-W; 16m N-S) is defined by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.2m; H 0.25m), except at E, W and NW where only a scarp (H 0.5m) remains. A W and NW the platform rises up to 1m above the the outer ground level but this is partly due to the natural slope of the land. There is another enclosure (CL008-128----) c. 50m to the NE. (Robinson 1977).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 29 September 2022
References
Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, County Clare. Issued by National Monuments and Historic Properties Service 1996. Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands.
Westropp, T. J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (Forts and Dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the county of Clare. Part 2 - west Corcomroe. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 35, 342-61.
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.