Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Moarhaun, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moarhaun
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.87014, -9.05281
- SMR number
- CL033-018----
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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 slight rise on the floor of an E-W valley. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 25m) on the 1828 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A D-shaped grass-covered area (32m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) defined by a slight scarp (max. H 0.5m) NE-SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.