Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Coad, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coad
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.96877, -9.05518
- SMR number
- CL017-078002-
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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
Near the top of a gentle S-facing slope in improved pasture. Indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map, and visible on MapGenie Digital (2011-2013) aerial imagery. This levelled subcircular enclosure (int. diams. 48m E-W; 34m N-S; ext. dims. c. 51.5m E-W; 41m N-S) is defined by a band (Wth 2.5m) of relatively dense thistle and nettle growth. The enclosure’s interior is slightly hollow and contains some stones scattered about it. There is another levelled enclosure (CL017-078001-) c. 25m to the N.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 10-10-2025
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Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.