Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballydonohoe (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydonohoe (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.04092, -9.28400
- SMR number
- CL008-042----
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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 hilltop in reclaimed pastureland with wide views in all directions. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A flat level grassy platform (27.2m E-W; 23.2m N-S) is defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.45m). From E-SE a vague earthen mound (Wth 2m; H 0.1m) suggests the former presence of an enclosing bank. At NW a few limestone uprights (L 4.2m) along the edge of the scarp, may be either the remains of a stone-lined bank or some field-clearance rubble. At S, a D-shaped platform (10m E-W; 9m N-S) extends off the enclosure. It may be an associated or natural feature, or the result of recent field clearance.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.