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
- 53.06036, -9.12167
- SMR number
- CL005-160015-
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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 across a deep ravine to the 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. A subcircular cashel (27.3m ENE-WSW; 25.7m NNW-SSE) defined by a stone wall (Wth 0.7-1m) composed of medium-sized and large thin flags with some vertically set stones. The wall is tallest in sections from the NW to NNW (ext. H 1.5m) and S to WSW (ext. H 1.6m). Most of the outer wall-facing is intact and is surmounted by a later field wall from NE to SE. There is no trace of an original entrance. The interior (24.3m ENE-WSW; 24m NNW-SSE) is generally flat and possible house foundations (CL005-309----) abut the inside of the perimeter at N. A subrectangular cashel (CL005-160010-) is located c. 90m to the NW, and an enclosure (CL005-160009-) is located c. 95m to the SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 23 September 2025
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.