Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Gortaclob, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortaclob
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Knockaunacroghera
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockaunacroghera (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.02391, -9.34452
- SMR number
- CL008-078----
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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
At the top of a prominent hillock with wide views, in pastureland. Hachured and named 'Knockaunacroghera' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Marked on Robinson's (1977) map, with the label 'Cnocán an Chrochaire – Armada men hanged 1588'. Westropp (1900, 286) recounts a tradition that this is a '"Spaniards' grave," where a number of the dead from the Armada were buried.' This grass-covered barrow comprises a subcircular earthen platform (22.4m E-W; 19.7m N-S), its perimeter defined by a low scarp. In the centre of the platform is a flat-topped circular mound (H 1.1-1.4m; base diam. 11.4-12.2m; top diam. 5.1-5.2m).
The following image has been uploaded:
CL008-078----_01.jpg View from SE
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.
Westropp, T.J. 1900 Excursions of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Summer meeting, 1900. Description of the places visited. Section I. First excursion. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 10, 284-293.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.