Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Ballyneillan (inchiquin By.),bushypark, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyneillan (inchiquin By.),bushypark
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.86236, -9.03783
- SMR number
- CL033-023002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 at the NE end of an NE-SW ridge. Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the RMP (1996). The ground slopes away to NW and NE and there is a deep active quarry (D 50m) immediately to the S. Only the N half of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 115m NE-SW) remains surrounding a flat-topped stone cairn (CL033-023001-). The enclosure is defined at SW by a stone spread (Wth 1m; H 0.5m), at W by a stony scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.2m) and at N by a stone spread (Wth 3m). It can be traced around to the cliff edge at NE. This enclosure is visible on a Google Earth aerial photograph (2018).
The following images have been uploaded:
CL033-023002-_01.jpg Enclosing element at NE. From SE.
CL033-023002-_02.jpg Enclosing element at NNE. From NW.
CL033-023002-_03.jpg Enclosing element visible on Google Earth.
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 18 November 2019
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1987).
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.