Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballinlisheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlisheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99808, -8.92347
- SMR number
- CL011-042----
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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 lowlying S-facing slope in pasture just N of a bog surrounding Ballinlisheen Lough c. 430m to the E. A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 17m) defined by a partially grassed-over stony bank visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography 2013-2018 and on Digital Globe (2011-2013). A contemporary NE-SW field boundary abutting the NW quadrant is visible on Digital Globe.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.