Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Cappaghkennedy,fahee South,knockans Upper,slievenaglasha,teeskagh,tullycommon, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cappaghkennedy,fahee South,knockans Upper,slievenaglasha,teeskagh,tullycommon
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.02041, -9.05338
- SMR number
- CL010-064001-
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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 an area of upland exposed karst towards the SE extent of the Burren. A field system (c. 4.3km NE-SW; c. 2km NW-SE) stretching from Glasgeivnagh Hill at S to Fahee South at N. Irregular meandering field walls preceding straighter and later field walls are visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018). Cahercommaun (CL010-064003-) is on a cliff edge at the SW extremity while at SE a line of 9 unclassified cairns lie on top of the steep edge of the plateau. Five wedge tombs (CL010-028----, CL010-064006-, CL010-064013-, CL010-064023-, CL010-064068-) are on the plateau as well as 13 cashels, 24 enclosures and another 13 unclassified cairns. The field walls are therefore likely to have both prehistoric and medieval elements. Extensive field systems of this nature extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 13 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.