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Hilltop enclosure

Ballyneillan (Inchiquin By.),Bushypark, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hilltop enclosure, Ballyneillan, Bushypark, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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