Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Excavation - miscellaneous
Clopook, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clopook
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.96449, -7.13191
- SMR number
- LA019-021005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
Post-holes located around the edge of the Dun of Clopook (LA019-021001-) (Feehan 1983, 411). No visible surface remains.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
References
Feehan, J. 1983 Laois, an environmental history. Stradbally. Ballykilcavan Press.
Nearby in the register
- Caveunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.