Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Carran, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carran
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.01895, -9.13015
- SMR number
- CL009-219----
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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 N end of a plateau with Poulacarran valley to the N and within a field system (CL009-074001-). A subrectangular cashel (c. 30m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by a stone wall visible at ITM 524173, 697071 on Ordnance Survey ortho photography (2013-2018).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 24 May 2021
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.