Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91577, -8.44773
- SMR number
- CL029-009132-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated immediately N of the Saint’s Graveyard (CL029-009030-) on Inis Cealtra. An overgrown enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a stony bank was excavated by de Paor between 1972 and 1976 (Licence no. E000180) (de Paor 2013, 37). Excavation revealed a drystone wall similar to the enclosures (CL029-009004- and CL029-009007-) around St. Brigid’s and St. Michael’s churches. Some paving survived around the perimeter. The ‘Confessional’ (CL029-009017-) lay in the SW quadrant of the enclosure. According to de Paor (ibid.) this was a development associated with remodelling for the purpose of pilgrimage rounds in the 17th/18th century. There was no evidence of an earlier enclosure at this location and there is no enclosure extant.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 4 November 2015
References
de Paor †, L. 2013 Inis Cealtra: Archaeological investigations of the monuments on the island. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 53, 27-78.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Shrineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.