Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Aughavinna, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughavinna
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01771, -9.35867
- SMR number
- CL008-076----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 hilly area of rough pasture and boggy undergrowth, overlooked by high hills all around. Marked as a barrow on Robinson's (1977) map. Listed as 'Ringfort' in the RMP (1996). Visible in satellite imagery (Digital Globe 2011-2013; Aerial Premium 2013-2018) as a subcircular/subrectangular enclosure (c. 24.5m ENE-WSW; c. 24.5m NNW-SSE) defined by a grass-covered bank.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 29 November 2022
References
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.