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Ringfort - cashel

Cragballyconoal, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Cragballyconoal, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cragballyconoal
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.05200, -9.11325
SMR number
CL005-160038-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In elevated rocky pasture on the SE slopes of a hill with clear views from E to S and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-). A rectangular cashel (29m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.5m) reduced to a rubble spread (Wth 2-4m; H 0.4-0.7m) on the S side, and sections of the E, W, and N sides. Outer wall-facing survives on the N side (H 0.9m), E side (0.7-1.2m), and W side (H 0.7m). Inner wall-facing survives only on the N side (L 4m; H 0.9m). The E wall of the cashel is built along a natural limestone terrace, and the ground falls away sharply to the E. The location of the entrance is unclear. A souterrain (CL005-160039-) is present in the NE quadrant and there are hut sites along the interior of the W and S walls (CL005-160049-and CL005-160050-). A curvilinear boundary comprised of small slabs set on edge defines a slight depression in the SW quadrant. The SE corner of the cashel is truncated by a road. 

 

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

 

Date of upload: 30 September 2025

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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