Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Islandmore, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Islandmore
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.94913, -9.03876
- SMR number
- CL017-123----
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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
In an area of exposed karst and scrub overgrowth. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This suboval cashel (int. diam. 25.2m E-W; ext. diam. 28.6m) is defined by a collapsed double-faced drystone wall (dims. at W: Wth 1.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.4m), which has been rebuilt from S-SW. A gap (Wth 3.4m) in the collapsed wall at E is lined on its N side by an upright stone (H 0.9m; L 0.8m; T 0.2m) and is likely the original entrance, with its N side surviving intact but widened at the S. The uneven interior of rock outcrop slopes down to the E.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 29-10-2025
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.