Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballycasheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycasheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.97476, -9.12645
- SMR number
- CL016-039----
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
At the base of a S facing slope in an area of scrub and karst limestone. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and partially hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Westropp (1905, 211) refers to ‘The mere foundations of three other cahers—two of small dimensions—lie in the valley at Cahermacon, and on the edge of Ballycasheen’.
On inspection in 1998 no archaeological feature was noted at this location but clearance in the fields to the E and SE had pushed spoil into this area.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 4 may 2022
References
Westropp, T. J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (Forts and Dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the county of Clare. Part 1 – The Eastern Border. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 35, 205-29.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.