Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Croaghaun (inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croaghaun (inchiquin By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.86317, -9.07167
- SMR number
- CL033-011----
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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 hilltop in reclaimed pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured as a circular feature (diam. c. 25m) on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and clearly hachured as having a bank and fosse on the 25-inch map. It is not visible at ground level however faint traces on the N extent can be made out on a Google Earth image taken in September 2009 (diam. c. 30m) and a possible central circular feature (diam. c. 9m) can be seen on a Google Earth image taken on 10 February 2021.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL033-011----_01.jpg Google Earth image 2009
CL033-011----_02.jpg Google Earth image 2021
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 16 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 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.