Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Lifford,clonroad More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lifford,clonroad More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84813, -8.97204
- SMR number
- CL033-085----
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
In the vicinity of Clonroad castle (CL033-085001-). The account of a raid on Clonroad castle in 1553 makes it clear that there was a substantial settlement associated with the castle and by 1703 Moland could still record ‘a few shops’ and the holding of two annual fairs there (Ó Dálaigh 1987, 16; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 80). The extent of the settlement is not known.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 23 April 2014
References
Ó Dálaigh, B. 1987 Thomas Moland's survey of Ennis, 1703. The Other Clare 11, 12-17.
Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H.A. 1988 Urban archaeological survey - county Clare. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.