Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Sheshodonnell West,sladoo,cahermackirilla,commons (burren By.),fanygalvan,meggagh East,poulaphuca (castletown Ed),moheraroon,sheshodonnell East, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheshodonnell West,sladoo,cahermackirilla,commons (burren By.),fanygalvan,meggagh East,poulaphuca (castletown Ed),moheraroon,sheshodonnell East
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.02072, -9.10927
- SMR number
- CL009-084001-
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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
An extensive field system (c. 3.3km NE-SW; c. 2km NW-SE) stretching from Sladoo at the N to Sheshodonnell West at the S. Irregular meandering walls can be seen on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) all across the area but particular concentrations occur at NE in Sladoo around an enclosure (CL010-230----) and at SW at the border between Fanygalvan and Cahermackirilla townlands where there are several megalithic tombs (CL009-084007-, CL009-084008- and CL009-084009-), cairns (CL009-084010-, CL009-084012- and CL009-084013-) and a stone row (CL009-084006-). The walls are likely to have both medieval and prehistoric elements. 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: 8 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cremated remainsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.