Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caherfadda, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherfadda
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.99246, -9.12072
- SMR number
- CL016-044----
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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
Towards the bottom of an E facing slope. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996).
An oval enclosure (c. 32m NE-SW; c. 19m NW-SE) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3-4m; H 0.4-0.8m). The wall is best preserved at the NE (Wth 1.2m; H 0.8-1m). A gap at SE (Wth 5.7m) may be an original entrance and it is defined by an upright stone at N. Just S of the entrance there is a drystone structure against the cashel perimeter (ext. dims. 2.6m NE-SW; 0.6-1.8m NW-SE; H c. 1m). An area (9m E-W; 8m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 1m) abuts the N end of the interior.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 10 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.