Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Cahersherkin, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahersherkin
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94201, -9.22905
- SMR number
- CL016-149----
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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 a shallow basin on a gentle S-facing slope in rough pasture. Recorded by MacMahon (1991, 48). A flat-topped oval or D-shaped grass-covered stone spread (dims. at base 13.6m N-S; 10.3m E-W; dims. at top 10.1m N-S; 7.2m E-W) sloping gently to the SW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 4 August 2022
References
MacMahon, M. 1991 In Clare fields. The Other Clare 15, 46-8.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.