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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
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.01637, -9.06200
SMR number
CL010-064085-

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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 level ground on the N shoulder of a semi-karst hill, with gentle N-facing slopes to the N and S, and commanding wide views from W to N. In rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). This oval-shaped cashel (int. dims. 21m E-W; 16.4m N-S) is defined by a collapsed double-faced stone wall (Wth 0.9m; H 0.3-0.5m) and associated tumble (combined Wth 2.2-3.2m). Stones of the inner wall-face are visible intermittently. There is a stretch (L c. 5m) of the perimeter at the SW without any wall or tumble; this gap appears to have been made in modern times. A later drystone wall is built over the enclosure wall from ESE to S. There is a hut site (CL010-064086-) at the W edge of the interior. The E side is conjoined with a slightly larger and more substantial cashel (CL010-064067-). There is an enclosure (CL010-064005-) c. 73m to the NW, and a cairn (CL010-064087-) c. 49m to the NE.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 23 May 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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