Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gorteen (Dangan ED), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gorteen (Dangan ED)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.83326, -8.78431
- SMR number
- CL035-115----
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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 a generally level area of limestone rock outcrop and beech woodland. Depicted on OS historic mapping as a circular enclosure within an area of rough pasture and rock outcrop. A roughly circular area (15m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by the remains of a collapsed drystone wall (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth at top 1.4m; overall Wth 4.6m) which is constructed of large, rounded moss-covered stones. There is no obvious entrance. The interior is generally level and featureless except for occasional beech trees which also grow around and on top of the drystone wall. A later drystone field wall (long-axis NNW-SSE) constructed of more angular stone is situated on top of the enclosing elements SW-W. A farm trackway has been cut through the woodland, along the eastern side of the field boundary and is respecting the enclosing elements of the monument immediately NNW-E-SSE.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL035-115----_01.jpg From W. Cross-sectional view of bank at N.
CL035-115----_02.jpg From N. General view of monument (2m rod either side).
CL035-115----_03.jpg From S. General view across the interior.
CL035-115----_04.jpg From E. Internal elevation of later field wall constructed on top of stone bank at W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 29 January 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.