Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Poulcaragharush, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Poulcaragharush
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03114, -9.12564
- SMR number
- CL009-268----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On karst upland overlooking Poulacarran to the S and within an extensive field system (CL009-032001-). An oval enclosure (c. 20m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) defined by a stone wall. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-13). Noted by Conn Herriott. Two cashels (CL009-042001- and CL009-042002-) lie c. 140m to the SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 25 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.