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Castle - unclassified

Finnor More, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Finnor More, 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
Finnor More
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Finnor Castle (Site of) (1922)
Coordinates
52.79612, -9.41686
SMR number
CL038-039002-

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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

At the summit of an E-W ridge. There are no known references to a castle here, and there are no traditions associated with it. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 25m NW-SE) defined by a very slight scarp (H 0.8m; Wth 10m). A rectangular hollow (dims. 7m NE-SW 3m NW-SE; D 0.6-0.7m) at is N edge may be the site of a structure or a quarry like the larger quarry (dims. 22m N-S; 10m E-W; max. D 1.8m) just 3m to S.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.

Date of upload: 12 December 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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