Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knocknaskeagh (corcomroe By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknaskeagh (corcomroe By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.97534, -9.31995
- SMR number
- CL015-008001-
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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
In damp hilly pasture immediately W of the Knocknaskeagh River. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 32m E-W) defined by a broad overgrown fosse (c. 4-6m) visible on OSi MapGenie (2013-2018). A souterrain is located c. 20m to the E, on E bank of the river.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL015-008001-_01.jpg View of enclosure from E.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 5 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.