Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mooghaun South, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mooghaun South
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.78381, -8.88084
- SMR number
- CL042-074003-
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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
Situated beneath the cashel (CL042-074004-) on the NW perimeter of the outer rampart of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-). Detailed survey following clearance of this area in 1994 as part of the Discovery Programme North Munster Project revealed the footing of an earlier wall underneath the cashel and extending slightly to the S and E. The identifiable portion suggested that it was slightly smaller than the cashel (diam. less than 34m). The wall had an outer facing of large stones and a rubble core. This enclosure may have been centred on the platform (CL042-074026-) revealed in this area and may pre-date the hillfort. (Condit and Grogan 2005, 124-5)
Coompiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 5 January 2016
References
Condit, T. and Grogan, E. 2005 Mooghaun South: general site description. In E. Grogan, The North Munster Project, vol. 1, 103-130.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Platformunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.