Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Attyslany North, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Attyslany North
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carn
- Latest-edition OS map
- Laght Finne (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.02161, -8.89713
- SMR number
- CL011-013001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated in pasture on the highest point in the area with wide views all round. Listed as 'Earthwork' in the RMP (1996), named 'Carn' on the OS 1st edition map and named 'Laght Finne' on the OS 6-inch map (1916). A mound (dims. at base 7m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.3-0.6m), much overgrown, with a flat top (3.1m N-S; 3m E-W) and uneven edges. The name ‘O’Donoghue’s Chair’ (CL011-013002-) also appears on the OS 6-inch maps but there is no evidence of any stone or a stone structure at this location.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 February 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.