Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballyallaban, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyallaban
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09310, -9.16152
- SMR number
- CL005-037----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight rise, under hazel overgrowth in an area surrounded by intensively improved pasture on the floor of Ballyvaughan valley. Hachured on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and potentially recorded as one of ‘three stone forts’ by Westropp (1901, 285). A moderately well-preserved, almost circular, cashel (32m E-W; 31.9m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.6-6.5m; max. H 0.8m) with no discernible entrance. Internal facing-stones protrude throughout and short sections of external facing at N and S suggest an original wall thickness of between 1.5 and 2.3m. A field wall runs WNW-ESE just S of centre and a boulder wall curves off to the SW from its centre. At its W end, the fieldwall cuts through a possible animal pen (int. dims. 9m N-S; 2.4m E-W; H 0.5m) which abuts the inner face of the cashel. Another cashel (CL005-036----) is located c. 90m SSW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 7 February 2022
References
Westropp, T.J 1901 Prehistoric remains in north-western Clare part II. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 273-91.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Canalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.