Mound in Loughrask, County Clare

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What is recorded here

In meadow, on the level crest at the NE end of a low ridge from which ground falls gently away to NE to Lough Rask, c. 200m away. Not marked on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but hachured on the 1915 ed. Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A roughly circular earthen mound (surface diam. 4.5m N–S; 4.7m E–W; base diam. 10.4m N–S; 9.7m E–W; max. H 1.3–1.4m at E and S) with possible revetting along the outer base at N . Small field clearance stones are dumped at the base and on the sides elsewhere.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL002-056

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Hajotthu, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Ballyvaughan-Fanore GAA Club; photographer not named, ballyvaughan-fanoregaa.com
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Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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