Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballycasheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycasheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured (1842)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.97585, -9.13089
- SMR number
- CL016-034----
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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 hillock on a valley floor with views extending c. 0.5-1km from W to N and extending 2km in other directions. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1905, 211) as ‘mere foundations’ ‘on the edge of Ballycasheen’.
This is an oval cashel (ext. dims 31m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a grass-covered, flat-topped stone spread which varies in width (Wth 4m in the N; Wth 6m in the E; Wth 6.3m in the S; Wth 8.8m in the W) and rises (H 0.2-0.4m) above the level interior (int. dims. 20m E-W; 14m N-S). The external height of the spread varies (H 0.6-0.8m) and is lowest in the N (H 0.4m). The stone spread is regular but with some intrusions into the cashel interior and there are some potential facing stones. A later cut into the E extent of the spread has exposed the stone. The site is surrounded by later drystone-walling on all sides except the N. The site was levelled before the construction of these walls and the stone spread extends out beneath the base of them.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 4 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.