Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Doonnagore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonnagore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00629, -9.39146
- SMR number
- CL008-085002-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating pasture c. 140m E of sea cliffs, with higher ground E-SSE. This almost levelled circular ring-barrow (ext. diams. 19.3m N-S; 19m E-W) comprises a low central mound (diam. 9m; H 0.25m) surrounded by a wide fosse (Wth 6m) and a broad outer bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.15- 0.25m). There are two other ring-barrows nearby, one (CL008-085001-) c. 12m to the W and another (CL008-086----) c. 93m to the N.
See attachment: CL008-085002-_01 Monument viewed from W.
Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 7 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.