Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Drummoher, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drummoher
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.96870, -9.11870
- SMR number
- CL016-098----
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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 cliff edge, with a ravine to the W, in dense scrub. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Referred to by Westropp (1905, 211) simply as ‘a smaller caher’.
A circular cashel (ext. dims. 35m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 5-8m), which is most substantial from N to E; virtually nothing survives at S where the outer wall-face has been rebuilt as a drystone field wall (H 0.5-1.5m). A wall width (3.3m) was discernible at N. A later field wall is visible in the interior. Another cashel (CL016-096----) is located c. 67m to the SW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 23 June 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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.