Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballymihil, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymihil
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.06131, -9.12258
- SMR number
- CL005-160010-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In elevated rocky pasture with clear views over lower ground to SW and W. Within an extensive field system (CL005-160001-). Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and indicated as an enclosure on the 1916 edition. Listed as a rectangular enclosure in the RMP (1996). A rectangular cashel (30.7m E-W; 29.7m N-S) defined by a battered stone wall (Wth 0.9-1.2m; int. H 1-1.9m; ext. H 1.5-2.35m). The wall is highest at the NW reducing in height toward the SE. A gap (Wth 1.2m) at the N end of the E wall is probably the original entrance and there is a cattle gap in the S wall. The interior (28m E-W; 26m N-S) is uneven. A recent drystone animal pen abuts the interior of the N wall. A souterrain (CL005-160041-) is located close to the centre of the monument. A cashel (CL005-160015-) is located c. 95m to the SE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 23 September 2025
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.