Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Crag (corcomroe By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crag (corcomroe By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92761, -9.34936
- SMR number
- CL023-065----
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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
Situated on a steep cliff-edge c. 450m S of Lahinch beach backing onto a NE-SW cliff. A subcircular enclosure, reported to the National Monuments Service by Matthew Kelly. It is visible on historical Google Earth satellite imagery (21 January 2010) as a subrectangular enclosure (c. 15m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE) defined by a bank and possible fosse. The curving banks of another cliff-edge fort (CL023-001----) are visible c. 100m to the NE. These are named 'Doonmeave' on the OS 6-inch maps and are almost completely ploughed out. The smaller cliff-edge fort is located at the highest point along the cliff-edge and a trigonometrical point is shown there on the 1840 OS map (99ft). It is possible that Doonmeave encircled this whole area centred on the highest point but the smaller fort may also be a discrete monument of later date.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL023-065----_01.jpg Google Earth satellite image showing both CL023-065---- and the curving banks os CL023-001----.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 15 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.