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Quarry

Mooghaun South, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Quarry, Mooghaun South, 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
Mooghaun South
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.78459, -8.88136
SMR number
CL042-074018-

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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

Situated c. 40m outside the NW portion of the outer rampart of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-). There is a steep cliff rising to c. 12m at this location and it is evident that extensive quarrying took place. Material for Mooghaun Castle (CL042-072002-) 300m to the W may have come from here. As similar quarrying took place on the opposite side of the hill in the Bronze Age (CL042-074019-) it is possible that this location was also exploited at this time. (Condit and Grogan 2005, 127, 223)

Compiled 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

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

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