Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Caherycahill, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherycahill
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94239, -9.39137
- SMR number
- CL015-079----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 circular feature was noted on a high-altitude aerial photograph (GSIAP R 162) and it was listed as as 'Potential Site Air Photo' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1998 no archaeological remains were found and the area was not typical for a rath or cashel. Local information alluded to the possibility of a rath further north in the field. No raths are currently identified in this townland but Westropp (1900, 427) lists one destroyed example for the townland, named in an Inquisition of 1626. Possibilities may be seen on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018 at ITM 506959, 688697 and 506241, 688765.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 4 November 2025
References
Westropp, T.J. 1900-02 The cahers of county Clare: their names, features, and bibliography. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Series 3, vol. 6, 415-49.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.