Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Clonmoney West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonmoney West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70960, -8.83803
- SMR number
- CL051-179----
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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
Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. Trial excavation in 1999 (Licence no. 99E0640) in advance of road development on the N18/N19 Ballycasey-Dromoland Road Improvement Scheme determined that a low, grass-covered rectangular enclosure (39m x 20m) was most likely part of a medieval or post-medieval farmstead (Jones 2002, 24). The site was fully excavated in 2001 (Licence no. 01E0024) and a post-medieval date was confirmed (Murphy 2006, 13). The wall (av. Wth 1.5m) was faced internally and externally with large stones while the cavity was packed with smaller stones. Finds from the interior related to both domestic and industrial activities.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 26 July 2016
References
Murphy, D. 2006 Clonmoney West. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 13, No. 54. Bray. Wordwell.
Jones, C. 2002 Site 42, Clonmoney West. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 24, no. 64. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.