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Enclosure

Fahee North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Fahee North, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Fahee North
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.04432, -9.02858
SMR number
CL010-032----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 a shelf of rough pasture in a S-facing slope, with good views to E and SE. Listed as ‘Stone circle (possible)’ in the RMP (1996) following initial identification by Michael McMahon (1982, 6). This subcircular enclosure (int. diams. 14.75m E-W; 11.7m N-S) is defined by a poorly preserved wall of upright slabs (est. Wth 0.8-1m; H 0.5m). Some are laid transversely, with their long axis pointing towards the centre of the enclosed area, while others follow the enclosure’s circumference—particularly between S and W where there is a series of contiguous slabs (L c. 1m; H 0.8-1m; T 0.1m-0.2m). Between N and NE, the stones have leaned/fallen inwards. There is a wide gap (Wth 3.15m) at NW, a narrower gap (Wth 1.1m) at the SE and a similar gap (Wth 1.1m) at W.

Compiled by Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 8 February 2023

References

McMahon, M. 1982 Bronze Age ritual monuments (?) in the Burren. The Other Clare 6, 5-7.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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