Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Fahee North, County Clare, Ireland
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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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 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
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.