Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Commons (Burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons (Burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02822, -9.09464
- SMR number
- CL010-251----
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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
On top of a broad limestone plateau in rough pasture and within a multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a grassed-over wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). An enclosure (CL010-250----) lies c. 30m to the WSW, a hut site (CL010-252----) is c. 80m to the SE and another enclosure (CL010-253----) is c. 130m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 4 July 2023
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.