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Enclosure

Creevagh (Burren By.), County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Creevagh, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Creevagh (Burren By.)
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.00504, -9.08610
SMR number
CL010-159002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On the S side of a road, on slightly raised and exposed ground in rough pasture. Noted as an enclosure by Tom Coffey (SMR file, 1994). On inspection in 1999 a curving arc of an earth and stone bank was noted from E to SW (Chord c. 20m; Wth 3.2m; av. int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.4m) in which some stones appear to be burnt and/or crushed. Continuing the arc of the bank at SW was a slight scarp, sloping to the E; this was possibly a remnant of the inner bank-face. Another possibly ancient stony bank (Wth 3.4m; H 0.25-0.5m) was noted extending S from the SSE edge of the bank. The arc of bank is visible on OSi MapGenie 2012-2018.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 12 June 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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