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Megalithic structure

Ballyganner North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic structure, Ballyganner North, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyganner North
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Ancient Dwelling (1916)
Coordinates
53.00598, -9.16140
SMR number
CL009-059068-

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David 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

At the W edge of a gently W-sloping limestone pavement, with a broad ravine c. 50m to W and N. Within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Indicated and labelled ‘Ancient Dwelling’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This rectangular structure (int. dims. 3.2m NNE-SSW; 2.7m WNW-ESE) is defined at N, E and S by upright limestone slabs (H 0.3-0.8m; Wth 0.2-0.3m). The E wall is set in a gryke. The structure has no W side, or fragments thereof (Westropp 1897, 120). A higher stone (H 1.05m) in the S wall has a pointed top. At the W end of the N side there are two further upright slabs (H 0.35-0.6m; Wth 0.5-0.8m) outside the main structure, forming the E and N sides of a small cist-like space (0.8m NNE-SSW; c. 0.5m WNW-ESE) which appears to have been enclosed on all sides when visited by Westropp (1901, 290).

A cashel (CL009-059066-) lies c. 22m to the W, a court tomb (CL009-059063-) lies c. 154m to the WNW and a wedge tomb (CL009-059069-) lies c. 202m to the S.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL009-059058-_01.jpg View of possible megalithic structure from SW

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 30 March 2022

References

Westropp, T.J. 1897 Prehistoric stone forts of northern Clare, part III. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 27, 116-27.

Westropp, T.J 1901 Prehistoric remains in north-western Clare part II. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 273-91.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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