Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tyredagh Lower, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tyredagh Lower
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated (1842)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.88657, -8.80203
- SMR number
- CL027-022----
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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
On a low, yet distinct plateau (long-axis NW-SE), in improved pasture. This feature is depicted on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular coppice of trees (51m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by a perforated line. It is described by Westropp (1917, 11) as a ‘small earthen ring, possibly sepulchral’. This field has been much improved and the top of the naturally formed plateau has been levelled out. There is little trace of an enclosure, except the arc of a low scarp (Wth 3.4m; H 0.7m) SE-S. This may be a result of material from the ‘earthen ring’ which has been levelled out downslope.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL027-022----_01.jpg From ESE. General view across top of plateau; standing stone (CL027-021----) in background.
CL027-022----_02.jpg From NE. Cross-section view of possible scarp at SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 26 November 2018
References
Westropp, T. J. 1917 Notes on the primitive remains (forts and dolmens) in central County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 47, 1-20.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.