Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Racecourse
Coad, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coad
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Old Racecourse
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96291, -9.07357
- SMR number
- CL017-202001-
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
Listed as ‘Racecourse’ in the RMP (1996). An ‘Old Racecourse’ is indicated and named on the OS 1st edition 6-inch map encompassing a subtriangular area (800m E-W; 600m N-S). This is not visible at ground level. Folk memories exist from the mid 19th century (McNamara 1901, 214, footnote 4).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 13 June 2016
References
McNamara, G. U. 1901 Inchiquin, County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Ireland 31, 204-27.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.