Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Carran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.01855, -9.12889
- SMR number
- CL009-074001-
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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
A field system (c. 800m N-S; c. 540m E-W) stretching across Poulacarran and Sheshymore townlands in an upland area of exposed karst and some scrub cover. Irregular field walls extend across the whole area with some concentration close to associated cashels (CL009-074002-, CL009-165001- and CL009-219----). Extensive field systems with prehistoric and medieval elements extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 6 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.