Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sheepfold
Tullycommon, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullycommon
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01872, -9.06182
- SMR number
- CL010-064073-
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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
Indicated as an oval enclosure on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and described as a sheepfold on the OS 25-inch map. It is located on a NW-facing slope and c. 50m from a severe NW-facing slope or cliff. This is an oval enclosure (dims 24m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by a drystone wall.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 January, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.