Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Meggagh West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meggagh West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.03360, -9.10361
- SMR number
- CL010-048003-
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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 a sheltered location on a W-facing pasture slope. This subcircular hut site (int. diam. 3.5m; ext. diam. 7m) is defined by a grass-covered stony bank (av. Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.6m). A later field wall overlies the N and E edges. There is a cashel (CL010-048001-) c. 31m to the N and a souterrain (CL010-048002-) c. 57m to the W.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 5 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.