Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballysteen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysteen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.95091, -9.41847
- SMR number
- CL014-036----
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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
A possible bivallate ringfort defined by a bank or scarp (diam. c. 28m), a fosse (Wth c. 4m) and an external bank (Wth c. 7m) best preserved at SW (max. diam. c. 65m). Visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A burial ground (CL014-021001-) and holy well (CL014-021002-) lie c. 270m to the NW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.