Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Doolin, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doolin
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02407, -9.39774
- SMR number
- CL008A005002-
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
Near the seashore on a NW-facing slope in rough pasture, at the edge of an escarpment overlooking a rocky beach (Poll Cnaimhín (Robinson 1977)). This circular hut site (diam. 4.8m) is defined by a stone wall (Wth 1m; max. H 0.2m). There are several large stones in the centre.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL008A005002-_01.jpg View from S
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 26 April 2023
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.