Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Commons (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02162, -9.09661
- SMR number
- CL010-047023-
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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
In high (between the 400’ and 500’ contours) level, rough pasture within an extensive, multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Noted by Conn Herriott as visible on aerial imagery (MapGenie 2013-2018) as a square enclosure (est. dims. L c. 12m; Wth c. 12m) defined by a low, grassed-over wall. A cashel (CL010-047006-) lies c. 50m to the NE.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 24 February 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.