Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Sheshymore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sheshymore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.00404, -9.12718
- SMR number
- CL009-110----
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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
At the edge of a plateau with a steep slope/cliff to the NE and E, and overlooking a turlough basin labelled ‘Loch an Líongáin’ on Robinson’s map (1977). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This poorly preserved almost circular cashel (ext. dims. 27m N-S; 26.6m E-W) is defined by the scant remains of a stone wall (Wth 1.6m at S; H 0.2-1.2m), mainly the outer wall-face which survives up to two courses high in places. It is heavily overgrown with blackthorn bushes and briars. There is some stone spill outside (Wth 1-3.7m; H 0.4-1.4m) the wall but very little inside it. There is a souterrain (CL009-110002-) in the SE quadrant of the interior. An enclosure (CL009-243----) lies c. 125m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 13 June 2022
References
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.