Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Carran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00950, -9.13952
- SMR number
- CL009-105004-
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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 plateau of limestone pavement in an area of rough pasture and hazel. This subrectangular hut site (int. dims. 7.6m N-S; 6.5m E-W) is defined by upright limestone slabs (max. H 1m). One slab on the E side may have a small cupmark on its inner face. An enclosure (CL009-105001-) lies c. 45m to the SW.
The following image has been uploaded: CL009-105004-_01.jpg View from N
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 7 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.