Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Fahee North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fahee North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.04796, -9.02205
- SMR number
- CL010-210----
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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
On the uneven SE slope of a semi-karst hill in rough pasture, offering limited views from E to S. This enclosure (int. dims. c. 32m N-S; 28m E-W) is defined by an earth and stone bank (av. Wth 2.4m; int. H 1-2m; ext. H 1.3m) which is heavily overgrown but was still accessible at E-S during an inspection in 1999. A later shed is built against the bank at the WNW. There is a probable modern gap (Wth 5m) at the NW, where the external ground level is higher. Along the E exterior the bank forms a scarp. There is a straight later wall outside the enclosure on the E side. The interior is generally level, with blackthorn growing at N-E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 20 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.