Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.84617, -8.83092
- SMR number
- CL034-094001-
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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
At the S end of a low N-S ridge with rock outcrop. Oval grass and scrub-covered platform (dims. 18m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1-3m). This is the site of Coonagh Castle (CL034-094002-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore and Leo Morahan
Date of upload: 11 December 2014
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.