Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Sheshymore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheshymore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99852, -9.13127
- SMR number
- CL009-109001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Within the S sector of the interior of a cashel (CL009-109----), this ‘hut enclosure’ was noted by Westropp (1915, 269). On inspection in September 1997, the cashel was impenetrable due to the dense growth of hazel wood.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 13 June 2022
References
Westropp, T.J. 1915 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in Burren and its south western border, Co. Clare. Part 12: North Western Part. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 5, 45-62, 249-74.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.