Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Creevagh (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevagh (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00773, -9.08744
- SMR number
- CL010-208----
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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
On a low rise on the W slope of a NE-SW ridge in hazel and rough pasture, commanding views from SSE to NNW. Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This subrectangular cashel (36m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) is defined by a double-faced wall (Wth 1.8-3.2m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H 0.5- 2.2m at NW). The outer wall-face is generally built of regular, roughly coursed blocks. Where visible on the SE and SW sides, the inner wall-face is made of smaller, less regular stones. Tumble from the wall obscures the lower part of the inner wall-face. There is a modern gap in the wall at ENE. A later wall is built over the outer wall-face of the cashel. The E half of the interior slopes gently to the S, while the W half slopes to the W.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 20 June 2023
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.