Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Cahermacun, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahermacun
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08369, -9.19838
- SMR number
- CL005-288----
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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 rough pasture on the N-facing slope of a N-S ridge, on the E side of the Caher valley. This roughly subcircular enclosure (c. 15m WNW-ESE; c. 12m NE-SW), defined by a stone wall, is visible on current OSi digitalglobe aerial imagery. Possibly a cashel. Noted by Ross Ó Maoldúin.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 25 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.