Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Lismacteige, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismacteige
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.09823, -9.19317
- SMR number
- CL005-200002-
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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 flat area on a SW-facing slope in reclaimed pasture near the foot of Cappanawalla Hill with commanding views from S to NW. Indicated as an enclosure on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. An oval cashel (18m NE-SW; 12m NW-SE), defined by a bank of stone and earth (Wth 2-3.8m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m). Another cashel (CL005-200----) is conjoined at SW. The interior is flat with no clear entrance. The bank is surmounted by a modern wall and supports scrubby growth along its NW side. Lismacteige rath (CL005-021----) lies c. 78m to the W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell
Date of upload: 14 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.