Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballyganner South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyganner South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.99870, -9.15116
- SMR number
- CL009-059085-
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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
On a N-facing slope in pasture and karst limestone, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-), and with wide views to W-NE. Listed as ‘Potential site – aerial photo’ in the RMP (1996). This circular enclosure (int. dims. 19.7m E-W; 18.6m N-S) is defined by a low grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2-2.5m; H 0.2-0.5m) and has a slightly concave interior. Grass-covered field boundaries extend E-W from the perimeter at ENE and WSW. In the centre is a hut site (CL009-059114-). An enclosure (CL009-059082-) lies c. 127m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 30 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.