Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Horse Island,river Fergus, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Horse Island,river Fergus
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67955, -9.05185
- SMR number
- CL060-036----
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
On the E shore of Horse Island in the Fergus Estuary. Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘A stake lies in the mudflats on the eastern side of Horse Island. It may have been used for tying nets to in the past.’ (O’Sullivan et al. 2010, Appendix 1, 58-9, Horse Island 14)
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.