Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Platform
Aughiska Beg, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughiska Beg
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Knockaunawaddra
- Latest-edition OS map
- Knockaunawaddra
- Coordinates
- 53.01913, -9.29417
- SMR number
- CL008-081----
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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
A prominent hillock rises c. 5m above the surrounding bog and low scrub. The hillock itself is an area of coarse pasture while the general area is cut (disused) overgrown bogland. Newly planted conifers stand 150m away to the NW and E with more mature trees visible to S. Some bog is still in use farther to the S while immediately to the W traces of old cultivation ridges are visible.
This hillock is named 'Knockaunawaddra' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Named 'Cnocán an Mhadra' on Robinson's (1977) map. On the 1897 OS 25-inch plan a point 68m to the NE is marked and labelled 'Lime Kiln (Disused)'. Listed as 'Enclosure (possible)' in the RMP (1996).
The compact summit comprises a slightly sloping, roughly oval-shaped area (c. 11m E-W; 7m N-S) defined by a faint scarp (max. H 0.5m at S).
Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 29 November 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.