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Mound

Ballyellery, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Ballyellery, 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
Ballyellery
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.95110, -9.35061
SMR number
CL015-088----

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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

In marshy estuarine grassland c. 40m N of the confluence of the SW-flowing Dealagh and W-flowing Inagh rivers, in an area labelled ‘Covered by Spring Tides’ on the OS 25-inch map (1897), and overlooked by higher ground on all sides. Hachured as a raised subcircular area on the Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map. Noted by Westropp (1905, 360): ‘To the north of the castle [‘Dough Castle’ (CL015-089002-), c. 470m to S] and creek is a furze-covered knoll in a marsh, which may be a crannoge.’ A densely overgrown, roughly circular earth and stone mound (base diam. c. 34m; surface diam. 19m; H 2m) is defined by a gentle scarp.

 

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell

 

Date of upload: 7-10-2025

References

Westropp, T. J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (Forts and Dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the county of Clare. Part 2 - west Corcomroe. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 35, 342-61.

Nearby in the register

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

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