Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killian, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killian
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1920)
- Coordinates
- 52.91871, -8.94521
- SMR number
- CL026-003005-
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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
Situated on the highest point of a hillock. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 20m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 4.5-6.5m; int. H 0.25m at WSW to 1.2m at S; ext. H 0.6m generally to 1.5m at S), but no facing stones are visible. There are modern entrances at W (Wth 3m) and NNE (Wth 6m). The ecclesiastical site (CL026-003001-) is c. 30m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.