Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockavoarheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockavoarheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02733, -9.21661
- SMR number
- CL009-174----
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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
Near the top of an SE-facing slope in pasture, with wide views from NE to SW. This heavily damaged subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) is defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1m at base; D 0.3m) and outer bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m), which survive only from SE to SW. Elsewhere the enclosing elements have been truncated, resulting in a jagged steep edge (max. H 1m) at the E, and two spoil heaps at the N. This may be a much-damaged ring-barrow. There is a rath (CL009-010----) c. 145m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 11 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.