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Ringfort - cashel

Caheraderry, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Caheraderry, 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
Caheraderry
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated (1916)
Coordinates
52.96376, -9.33893
SMR number
CL015-061----

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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

In scrubby pasture on the summit of ridge aligned E-W with panoramic views hindered by dense vegetation. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. A subcircular cashel with an angular NE quadrant (int. 26.5m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a partially collapsed drystone wall (Wth at base 2m; Wth at top 1.75m; int. H 1.65m; ext. H 2m) encircled by a band of collapsed rubble (Wth 1-2m). Large stones predominate in the lower courses with small stones in the upper courses. The W side of the monument is completely overgrown. Four modern cattle gaps run through the wall and the location of the original entrance is unclear. The interior slopes gently down to the SE and has no visible features.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

Date of upload: 14 August 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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