Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kiltaan, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltaan
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02054, -9.16650
- SMR number
- CL009-060----
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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 fairly level plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Listed as ‘Stone circle (possible)’ in the RMP (1996), following initial identification by Michael MacMahon (1982, 6-7; 1990). This D-shaped enclosure (int. 10.9m E-W) with a straight E side (int. L 10.7m) is defined by a slab wall (Wth 0.5-0.7m; H 0.3-0.6m). The wall is mainly composed of interspersed slabs with their long axes pointing toward the centre of the enclosure. The perimeter is barely traceable at NW. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 0.7m) at W, immediately to the S of a large stone (L 1.1m; T 0.2-0.3m; H 0.3-0.55m) laid on its side, its long axis along the enclosure’s perimeter. The interior is rather uneven, with karst limestone outcrops. The enclosure appears to be relatively modern.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL009-060----_01.jpg View of enclosure from E
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 29 March 2022
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.