Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Croaghaun (islands By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croaghaun (islands By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.85846, -9.07155
- SMR number
- CL033-056----
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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 top of a drumlin. Hachured as a circular area on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and indicated by a solid line on the 1921 ed. A circular overgrown area (int. diam. 25.8m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a double-faced drystone wall (Wth 0.86-1m; H 0.7-1.3m). There is no evidence of an older wall or an original entrance. There is a large gap at E where a shed has been built immediately outside the perimeter.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.