Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - medieval
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
- 52.91515, -8.44870
- SMR number
- CL029-009137-
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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 c. 28m SSW of the round tower (CL029-009014-) on Inis Cealtra. Traces of a round house (diam. c. 10m) were excavated in 1974 (de Paor 2013, 40, 58). The house was divided internally by straight partitions, had a central hearth, and also had a projecting porch at SW. According to de Paor (ibid.) the house ‘was not built with posts dug into the ground: there was an outer tegument which showed as a dark brown stain, with some wattle-holes, as from the light base timbers of a wattle or boarded structure, and within this slot, which defined the shape of the building, there were traces of massive posts (perhaps of 30cm diam.) which were not sunk in the earth but rested on pads of some kind.’ A hoard of 21 very worn early Norman coins were found underneath the hearth. One coin was of Stephen (1135-1154) and the others were of Henry II (1154-1189).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.