Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Fortane More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fortane More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.88191, -8.68539
- SMR number
- CL027-039----
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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 pasture on a low plateau, overlooking lower rough, poorly drained pasture to immediate NW-E. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMPL (1996). Not indicated on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is depicted on the 1899 edition of the 25-inch OS map and named ‘Gravel Pit (disused)’ and is shown as a hachured area on the 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 2018 it was found to consist of a low plateau area (c. 14m N-S; c. 12m E-W) with an uneven surface. It is defined by a naturally formed scarp (Wth 12m; H 1.5m) NNE-E and a low rise marking a central depression NE-ESE and SW-NW. This depression (D 0.1m) probably marks the backfilled gravel pit, as shown upon the 25-inch OS map. Loose limestone rocks are protruding above the ground surface across this feature.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 11 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.