DDiscover AloneMapAbout

Mound in Caherbullog

Mound
Computer-made picture that does not show Mound in CaherbullogNot a photo of this monument
Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument. · Report the wrong picture

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question

What you write will be public.

What is recorded here

In a prominent location on the E edge of the broad summit of Slieve Elva. A subcircular mound (16m E-W; 14m N-S; H 1.5-1.8m) with a smooth profile, covered in 0.8m of bog, reported to the National Monuments Service by Michael Gibbons. A bog drain has clipped the N edge.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL004-120

Places near here

Photo credits
  • Sometimes Incoherent, Wikimedia Commons
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ie
  • Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
  • The original uploader was Rwxrwxrwx at English Wikipedia ., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Andy Waddington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.youtube.com
PoulnagollumCave · 936 yd

Explorer Tom Poulnagollum is over sixteen kilometres of underground Clare, so I will not be offering to lead you round before lunch.…

Slieve ElvaMountain / peak · 1142 yd

Explorer Tom Slieve Elva is playing hard to get in County Clare, sitting there all smug on its peaty bog throne while a ghost…

Enclosure in Caherbullog,lisheeneaghEnclosure · 1459 yd

Explorer Tom Enclosure in Caherbullog, Lisheeneagh has had more names than a cat has lives, so it’s officially confused about its…

FaunarooskaCave · 1741 yd

Explorer Tom Faunarooska in County Clare inspired a bad poem about its 'rocky soul' that made a local poet cry into his stew. It’s…

Wedge tomb in CaherbullogWedge tomb · 1.3 mi

Explorer Tom Wedge tomb in Caherbullog is hiding in dense hazel scrub, which means you’ll need to be very lucky or very bad at…

Faunarooska Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.4 mi

Explorer Tom Faunarooska Castle watched the Vikings get completely lost looking for it because they were too busy fighting over who…

Baunarooska CastleRuins · 1.4 mi

Explorer Tom Baunarooska Castle hears everything through its walls, including your internal monologue about how hungry you are right…

Killonoghan Church (in ruins)Church · 2.2 mi

Explorer Tom Killonoghan Church has a secret talent for making you feel small near the foreshore. St Onchon founded it, and…

Craggagh CemeteryCemetery · 2.2 mi

Explorer Tom Craggagh Cemetery in County Clare hosted a dance one night that went way too far, with the ghosts getting a bit rowdy…

AilladieCliff · 3.9 mi

Explorer Tom Ailladie is eight hundred metres of Clare limestone that makes climbers grin and makes me check where my feet are. The…

BallyryanCliff · 4.0 mi

Explorer Tom Ballyryan is the Burren crag that seems to have wandered up beside the coast road to show the bigger cliffs how to…

Killilagh Church (in ruins)Church · 5.8 mi

Explorer Tom Killilagh Church thinks tourists from Dublin smell like overpriced coffee and bad decisions, so it hides its best…

More archaeology and monuments in County Clare · All of County Clare

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover

Next place · or swipePoulnagollum