Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Carran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.02061, -9.12432
- SMR number
- CL009-078001-
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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
Situated on the floor of Poulacarran valley. Surrounded by a ravine (Wth 20m; D 5m) on all sides and very overgrown with hazel scrub. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) with the number CL009-078---- and also as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996) with the number CL009-078001-. A hachured enclosure is indicated on both the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. On inspection in 1997 this was found to be a subrectangular enclosure (c. 25m N-S; c. 20m E-W) of modern construction defined by a drystone wall (max. Wth 0.8m; H 0.6-1m) with stones set upright. The wall is built on the sod and there is some spill where the wall has collapsed. There is no stone facing or spread pre-dating the walls.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 21 March 2016
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.