Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
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
- 52.78368, -8.87974
- SMR number
- CL042-074025-
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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 off-centre within an enclosure (CL042-0740008-) immediately outside the NW portion of the middle rampart of Mooghaun hillfort (CL042-074001-). The cairn is roughly rectangular in plan and section (1.4m N-S; 1.6m E-W; max. H 0.3m). Larger stones (L 0.3-0.5m) were found towards the edges while smaller stones (0.1-0.2m) were concentrated in the centre. The stones were placed in an irregular pattern but some of the larger slabs were laid on top of each other. The cairn was excavated in 1995 as part of the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme. It was found that the depth of soil increased towards the cairn, especially in the area adjacent to it. No finds were uncovered and there was no direct evidence for the date or function of the enclosure. (Grogan 2005, vol. 1, 191-2)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 6 January 2016
References
Grogan, E. 2005 The North Munster Project, Vol. 1: The later prehistoric landscape of south-east Clare. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.