Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Sheshymore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheshymore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.01602, -9.12089
- SMR number
- CL009-080----
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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 and hazel with a turlough or hollow to S and SE, and with limited views. Indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and hachured on the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This circular cashel (29.5m N-S; 29.1m E-W) is defined by a stone wall (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.4-0.8m; ext. H c. 0.6-1.5m), the outer face of which is traceable all around. The lower part of the outer wall-face (especially at E-SW) and the entire inner wall-face are covered by stone spill (total Wth 6-7m; H 0.3-1.1m). The outer wall-face is rebuilt at W-E. A grass-covered curvilinear bank (max. H 0.7m; Wth 0.4m) meanders down the centre of the N-S sloping interior, splitting into two near the S perimeter. This appears to be a field-wall that post-dates the occupation of the cashel.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 12 April 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.