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Ringfort - cashel

Tullycommon, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Tullycommon, 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
Tullycommon
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.02386, -9.07353
SMR number
CL010-059003-

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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 low rise in rough, overgrown pasture surrounded by improved pasture and within a field system (CL010-059001-). Not indicated on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map which shows four roofed buildings on the site. Partly indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) which also shows the four buildings, but unroofed; one in the NE sector of the interior, two in the E sector and a fourth in the SW sector. The later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map records the monument similarly.
This oval-shaped cashel (int. diams. 38m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE; ext. diams. 41m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) is defined by a collapsed and partly moss-covered stone wall (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m). There is a poorly defined gap at S. A later wall is built on the outer wall-face W-NNE and at ENE. The interior is slightly uneven and contains numerous features and foundations - the remains of the buildings depicted on the OS mapping. A small circular kiln-like feature stands immediately outside at NW. A concentric enclosure (CL010-059002-) lies c. 105m to the SW.

Compiled by: Gearoid Conroy and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 5 April 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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