Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Clawinch, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clawinch
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.61034, -8.03266
- SMR number
- LF021-021----
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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 a prominent rise in pasture, close to the NW end of Clawinch Island in Lough Ree. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. An irregularly shaped area (max. dim. 17.1m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.9m; H 0.2m) from ESE-S-W and elsewhere by modern field boundaries. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 23 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.