Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Killuran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killuran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84522, -8.64221
- SMR number
- CL036-024004-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Test trenching in June 2014 in advance of a proposed graveyard extension to the NW of Killuran church and graveyard (CL036-024001- and CL036-024002-) (licence no. 14E0149) revealed a series of ditches and pits within the proposed development area. The testing results, coupled with earlier geophysical survey and desk-based assessment indicated that a double-ditched enclosure (internal diam. c. 80m), probably early medieval in date, surrounds the location of the original church. The ditches had steep profiles, 0.9m in depth and 2.1-2.7m in width. Smaller gullies and a number of pits and post-holes were found within the enclosure. A bullaun stone (CL036-024003-) lies within the graveyard. (Taylor and Hull 2014)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 July 2014
References
Taylor, K. and Hull, G. 2014 Killuran Burial Ground, Killuran, O'Callaghan's Mills, Co. Clare. A preliminary archaeological assessment report including test trenching for Killuran Burial Ground Committee. Licence no. 14E0149. Unpublished archaeological report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.