What is recorded here

Carrowvere is a lost enclosure in County Clare, Ireland, first drawn as a ringfort on an 1840 map but erased from every later survey. It may have been a dwelling, a boundary marker or a mistake by the surveyor, yet the change suggests something worth remembering slipped away before modern records began. The marsh, rain and conifers have done what time does elsewhere: they have taken back the shape of the place.

On a NW-facing slope beside a stream in marshy land with conifer plantations nearby. Overlooked by higher ground to E and SE. Hachured as a ringfort on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and not indicated on later editions. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Inspection in 1999 found no visible trace of a monument at ground level. No visible traces on any available aerial imagery (2024). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 November 2025

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.