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Ringfort - cashel

Poulacarran, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Poulacarran, 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
Poulacarran
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
53.02436, -9.11451
SMR number
CL009-083----

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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

On a bedrock knoll covered by hazel wood, on a shelf overlooking the Poulacarran and Eanty valleys from SW to NE. A cliff rises immediately to SE, and ravines to S and N. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This overgrown subrectangular cashel (25m NNW-SSE; 24.3m ENE-WSW) is defined by a double-faced wall (H c. 1.7-2m; Wth 1.3-1.4m) which is best preserved at NNW-SW, its outer face incorporating large horizontally laid slabs. Wall rubble has fallen down the slopes outside the cashel, while it has also collected on the inside (Wth 0.7-2.7m). The interior slopes to S, with a house (CL009-083002-) at E. A standing stone (CL009-083003-) lies c. 41m to the NNW.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 12 April 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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