Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cahersherkin, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahersherkin
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94415, -9.22042
- SMR number
- CL016-159----
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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
Near the bottom of a SE-facing slope in a landscape that generally slopes to the S. The site is overgrown with long grass for silage with some scrub at the perimeter in the S.
A subcircular ringfort (dims. 26.7m E-W; 23.7m N-S, crest to crest) defined by a bank which is best preserved from N to NNE where it is flat-topped (Wth 0.6m at top; Wth 2m at base; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). From NNE-SSE the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and from ESE-SSE the slope of the bank has been further reduced for use by vehicles. From SSE-S, the scarp is sharp and well defined (H 0.5m). From SW to N a stone-faced wall has been incorporated into the ringfort bank (Wth 3.3m) and there is an external drain. A gap at NE (Wth 2m) may be original and a gap at NNE (Wth 3m) may be modern. A shed and a disused quarry are located to the N.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 25 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
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- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.