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Ringfort - cashel

Ballybaun, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Ballybaun, 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
Ballybaun
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1916)
Coordinates
52.99225, -9.17072
SMR number
CL016-020010-

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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

On low-lying ground adjacent to a ravine which opens out to the E and with slightly lower ground to the W where there was a turlough. There is reclaimed land to the W and high ground to the N, NE and W. Within an extensive field system (CL009-059001-). Hachured on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).
A circular area (ext. dims. 25.15m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a spread of stones (Wth 4.3-6.3m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H. 1-1.5m) and overgrown with dense scrub on the perimeter and in the interior particularly at S and W. The outer face of the original wall can be traced virtually all the way around but is particularly well built at the NE-SE, SSE-SSW and W-NW where it consists of horizontally laid stones (dims. 0.3-0.8m). A prominent gap in the SSE is likely for animal access. There is a pit to the S of the centre (L 2.4m E-W; Wth 1.3m N-S; D 0.5m) and three later enclosures in the E (int. dims. 5.4m N-S; 3.2m E-W), S (int. dims. c. 5m E-W; c. 2.5m N-S), and W (int. dims. 4.5m N-S; 2.8m E-W).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack

Date of upload: 21 March 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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