Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Poulacarran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulacarran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02318, -9.11764
- SMR number
- CL009-081002-
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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
Surrounding a cliff-edge fort (CL009-081----) from N to W, on a shelf covered by hazel wood, overlooking the Poulacarran and Eanty valleys from SW to NE; the land slopes almost vertically (H c. 20m) immediately to the NW. Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Westropp (1911, 360) considered this ‘slight, defaced structure’ to be ‘either very late or rudely built’. This hazel-covered suboval enclosure (c. 95m NNE-SSW; c. 54m WNW-ESE) is defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth at S 1.4m; H 0.6-1m) with internal and external stone spill. Although the stones are moss-covered, the wall does not look ancient. The interior slopes gently to E and S.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 12 April 2022
References
Westropp, T.J. 1911 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolments) in the Burren, Co. Clare (continued). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 1, 343-67.
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.