Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Deelin More, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deelin More
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.07906, -9.09452
- SMR number
- CL006-215----
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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
On the edge of a high promontory overlooking a valley to the S. A subsquare partially overgrown cashel (c. 28.5m E-W) with rounded corners and slightly curved sides defined by a wall (H up to 1.3m; T 1.2m). Foundations of at least one rectangular building are along the S interior. An enclosure (CL006-215001-) is attached at E and a field wall extends NW from the NW corner. This monument was reported to the National Monuments Service by Michael Gibbons.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL006-215----_01.jpg View of cashel from N. Cashel at top left. (Photo: Michael Gibbons)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 16 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.