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Enclosure

Garruragh, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Garruragh, 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
Garruragh
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1921)
Coordinates
52.87253, -8.74124
SMR number
CL035-023----

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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

On generally level ground, in an otherwise gently undulating landscape, in pasture. A circular area (22m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen and stone bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth at top 1.2m; overall Wth 6.45m) SSW-SE, which has been partially levelled out SE-SSW. Thorn trees grow around the top of the bank intermittently. There is no obvious trace of an entrance or an outer fosse. The interior is generally clear and has a slight tilt downslope to SW. Loose stones situated around the perimeter of the interior are probably derived from bank slippage. The monument is situated within the SE corner of a field whereby a thorn tree hedgerow has been planted abutting the base of the bank to ESE and SSW.

The following images have been uploaded:

CL035-023----_01.jpg From W. General view of monument.
CL035-023----_02.jpg From N. General view of monument.
CL035-023----_03.jpg From SW. Cross sectional view of bank at NW.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 11 April 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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