Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Inishmore Or Deer Island,river Fergus, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmore Or Deer Island,river Fergus
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.71982, -9.01494
- SMR number
- CL050-087----
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
Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘A double post alignment is preserved in the mudflats to the north of Deer Island, c. 100m from the HWM at the nearest point. It consists of, for the most part, a double line of fence posts and runs for 237m. The posts are 0.3m deep and 0.1m high. In some parts the structure only consists of one line of posts. The rows of posts are between 0.27m and 2m apart, averaging around 1m apart. It is not known what function it may have had and requires further study. A sample of wood was taken and was identified as ash. This returned a date of Cal. AD 18-131 (1924+/-27BP).’ (O’Sullivan et al. 2010, 33; Appendix 1, 72-3, Deer Island 25)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 October 2019
References
O'Sullivan, A., Dillon, M., Sands, R., McDermott, C., Shaw, R., Devlin, G. 2010 The Fergus Estuary and Islands: discovering a maritime historic landscape in Co. Clare. Report to the Heritage Council. University College Dublin, School of Archaeology in association with the Discovery Programme.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.